au-test-20130712 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 testing on RedHatEnterpriseServer 5.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. fio run one: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (6 Cores), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 12 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 788GB, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 5.8, Kernel: 2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 4.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better fio run one . 8.04 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better fio run one . 884.58 |=========================================================