io VMware testing on RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 8k: Processor: Intel Xeon 5150 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 183GB Virtual disk + 344GB Virtual disk + 1429GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.3.4, Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better 8k . 5.86 |====================================================================