diskcompileload VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2p8cvCloud: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5640 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 27GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 1086.43 |========================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 102.13 |========================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 57.95 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 424.61 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 523.86 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 551.28 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 106.79 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 102.70 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 108.47 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 8326.95 |========================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 6.43 |============================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 183.50 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 122.08 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 338.92 |========================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 14.62 |=========================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 2534 |============================================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 46.36 |=========================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 61.01 |=========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 120.55 |========================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 44.33 |=========================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 33.26 |=========================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 19.68 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 2p8cvCloud . 13087.57 |========================================================