fio-2 VMware testing on Oracle Linux Server 7.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: Intel Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 322GB Virtual disk OS: Oracle Linux Server 7.1, Kernel: 3.8.13-35.3.1.el7uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VMware Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 81 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 87.01 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 38 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 87.63 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 18566 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 72.81 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 20 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 92.72 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 12409 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 102.81 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 9 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 107.34 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6391 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 103.04 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 130.42 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2995 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 98.83 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 134.69 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1649 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 97.16 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64MB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 129.94 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 128KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 776 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 128KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 95.60 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 256KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 366 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 256KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 98.90 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 157 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: /mnt [/dev/sdb1] - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 85.12 |=========================================================