16disk VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3: Processor: 16 x Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 12 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk + 8 x 1049GB Virtual disk + 8 x 1100GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 4.7.0-0.rc4.git0.1.el7.centos.x86_64 (x86_64) 20160621, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Driver: vmware 13.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 2520.68 |=============================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 98.74 |================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 326.10 |================================ Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 245.26 |================================ Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 179.52 |================================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 31.86 |================================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 5625.48 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 1193.02 |=============================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 15378.81 |============================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 3.54 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 1428.22 |=============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 136.78 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 620.52 |================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 11.91 |================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 4467 |================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 15.43 |================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 . 23681.69 |==============================