FNOX FIO Disk Benchmarks
Virtual and Physical Appliance Disk Performance Testing


physical-ssd-raid1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 3.20GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 00YJ423, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB 2133MHz Hynix, Disk: 959GB ServeRAID M5210

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

V7000gen2-ssd-raid1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware

V7000-hdd-raid10: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware

physical-ibm840-fc: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 3.20GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 00YJ423, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB 2133MHz Hynix, Disk: 959GB ServeRAID M5210 + 2 x 2199GB FlashSystem-9840, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

kvm-ibm840-directsync: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM

kvm-ibm840-nocache: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM

kvm-ibm840-writeback: 

	Processor: 16 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 114194 |===========================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 63222  |===============
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 5954   |=
physical-ibm840-fc .... 102232 |========================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 101992 |========================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 102184 |========================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 201065 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 492.39 |==============================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 255.90 |================
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 28.53  |==
physical-ibm840-fc .... 408.98 |=========================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 406.19 |=========================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 408.82 |=========================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 767.17 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 35868  |=========
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 40641  |==========
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 13827  |===
physical-ibm840-fc .... 124481 |===============================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 55570  |==============
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 112721 |============================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 191217 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 137.36 |========
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 162.22 |==========
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 54.36  |===
physical-ibm840-fc .... 500.13 |===============================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 263.65 |================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 427.33 |==========================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 768.49 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 117221 |=============================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 81475  |====================
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 42090  |==========
physical-ibm840-fc .... 128150 |===============================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 117315 |=============================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 115973 |============================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 192865 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 464.68 |============================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 319.08 |===================
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 243.65 |===============
physical-ibm840-fc .... 498.26 |==============================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 467.44 |============================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 466.06 |============================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 780.81 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 103655 |=====================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 55140  |===========
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 19053  |====
physical-ibm840-fc .... 157764 |=================================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 78039  |================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 148319 |===============================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 227635 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
physical-ssd-raid1 .... 412.77 |======================
V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ... 223.64 |============
V7000-hdd-raid10 ...... 76.28  |====
physical-ibm840-fc .... 644.97 |==================================
kvm-ibm840-directsync . 371.86 |====================
kvm-ibm840-nocache .... 586.78 |===============================
kvm-ibm840-writeback .. 882.78 |===============================================