qfel-disk KVM testing on CentOS Linux 7.0.1406 via the Phoronix Test Suite. kvm-local: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Memory: 1 x 2000 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 37GB OS: CentOS Linux 7.0.1406, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.9.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024, System Layer: KVM kvm-fast: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Memory: 1 x 2000 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 37GB OS: CentOS Linux 7.0.1406, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.9.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024, System Layer: KVM IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 83.92 |==================== kvm-fast .. 253.88 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 80.19 |==================== kvm-fast .. 232.93 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 64.13 |============================ kvm-fast .. 135.19 |=========================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 53.05 |================================== kvm-fast .. 92.46 |============================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 1.20 |==================================== kvm-fast .. 2.03 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 106.88 |====================================== kvm-fast .. 166.98 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 72.31 |======================================= kvm-fast .. 109.83 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 79.91 |========================================= kvm-fast .. 115.51 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 34.70 |============================================= kvm-fast .. 45.98 |============================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 7753.72 |========================================================== kvm-fast .. 6233.81 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 693 |======================================================== kvm-fast .. 766 |============================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better kvm-local . 355.53 |=========================================================== kvm-fast .. 327.64 |====================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better kvm-local . 25.09 |============================================================ kvm-fast .. 23.54 |======================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better kvm-local . 16.76 |=========================================================== kvm-fast .. 17.18 |============================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 272.52 |========================================================== kvm-fast .. 275.90 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 36.82 |====================================== kvm-fast .. 58.03 |============================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better kvm-local . 7.18 |==================================== kvm-fast .. 11.81 |============================================================