Ubuntu Server, Xen VM Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. x3550, local storage: Processor: Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.49GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 x3550, SAN SATA: Processor: Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.49GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 x3550, SAN SAS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.49GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 x3650, SAN SAS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 x3650, SAN SATA: Processor: Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 x3650, local storage: Processor: Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 50.44 |================================================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 16.79 |================ x3550, SAN SAS ....... 47.28 |============================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 47.11 |============================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 16.67 |================ x3650, local storage . 29.01 |============================ SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better x3550, local storage . 374.22 |========================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 76.20 |===== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 72.93 |===== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 71.22 |===== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 74.50 |===== x3650, local storage . 688.58 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 40.90 |======================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 70.83 |======================================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 80.33 |============================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 87.97 |================================================= x3650, SAN SATA ...... 75.32 |========================================== x3650, local storage . 20.90 |============ Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 100.44 |=============== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 206.74 |=============================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 214.16 |================================ x3650, SAN SAS ....... 316.74 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 310.08 |=============================================== x3650, local storage . 89.79 |============== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 117.52 |================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 213.95 |================================ x3550, SAN SAS ....... 223.49 |================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 318.56 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 299.38 |============================================= x3650, local storage . 138.32 |===================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 94.71 |================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 121.73 |======================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 189.00 |==================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 249.30 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 148.49 |============================= x3650, local storage . 84.39 |================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 40.30 |============= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 116.02 |======================================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 117.77 |======================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 144.45 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 140.15 |=============================================== x3650, local storage . 23.12 |======== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 103.18 |==================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 173.29 |================================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 171.86 |================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 172.91 |================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 178.80 |=================================== x3650, local storage . 244.18 |================================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 100.44 |=============================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 95.99 |============================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 153.30 |=============================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 157.16 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 99.22 |============================== x3650, local storage . 19.03 |====== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 18.37 |=================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 25.38 |========================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 48.06 |================================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 41.70 |=========================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 28.55 |============================= x3650, local storage . 44.32 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 1.53 |=============== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 3.77 |====================================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 5.01 |================================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 4.82 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 3.90 |======================================= x3650, local storage . 1.09 |=========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 66.96 |=================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 58.76 |================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 161.30 |=============================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 165.05 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 62.00 |================== x3650, local storage . 19.60 |====== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 61.69 |========================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 57.86 |======================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 89.54 |==================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 118.53 |================================================ x3650, SAN SATA ...... 64.53 |========================== x3650, local storage . 24.35 |========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 36.04 |=================================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 34.92 |================================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 50.58 |================================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 50.69 |================================================= x3650, SAN SATA ...... 36.50 |=================================== x3650, local storage . 44.63 |=========================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better x3550, local storage . 16.57 |========================================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 15.99 |======================================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 15.82 |======================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 17.03 |========================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 16.99 |========================================== x3650, local storage . 19.65 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 1260 |============================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 1445 |================================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 1704 |======================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 2179 |================================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 1720 |======================================= x3650, local storage . 645 |=============== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better x3550, local storage . 25.51 |=========================================== x3550, SAN SATA ...... 24.82 |========================================== x3550, SAN SAS ....... 24.49 |========================================== x3650, SAN SAS ....... 26.33 |============================================= x3650, SAN SATA ...... 26.39 |============================================= x3650, local storage . 28.77 |================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better x3550, local storage . 2989.38 |================================= x3550, SAN SATA ...... 3004.78 |================================= x3550, SAN SAS ....... 2989.84 |================================= x3650, SAN SAS ....... 4263.30 |=============================================== x3650, SAN SATA ...... 4260.25 |=============================================== x3650, local storage . 4228.84 |===============================================