iscsi-9k VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 16 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz (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, 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: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 12507.76 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.49 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 9296.65 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.75 |==========================================================