stmfg VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Disk Performance - No Cache: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache Test 2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 10397.93 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 10206.39 |======================= Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 9763.36 |====================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 19.02 |========================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 19.21 |========================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 18.88 |========================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 2044 |=========================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 2077 |=========================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 1436 |=================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 13.61 |========================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 13.69 |========================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 13.29 |========================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 8.98 |========== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 8.67 |========== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 22.34 |========================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................. 27.87 |=== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache . 258.64 |========================= Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ..... 226.02 |====================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 530.46 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 533.42 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 535.63 |======================= Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 180.71 |======== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 513.56 |================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 386.90 |============= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 417.12 |============== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 662.18 |======================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 242.07 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 240.85 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 207.60 |==================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 139.07 |============= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 622.50 |====================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 635.30 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 637.76 |======================= Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 522.47 |=================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 1061.78 |====================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 1057.40 |====================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 1054.55 |====================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 831.65 |================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ................... 825.34 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ... 822.08 |======================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 . 735.18 |==================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ....... 629.08 |================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ........................ 228.57 |================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ........ 233.87 |================== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache Test 2 . 222.05 |================= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 ...... 240.18 |================== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ............ 105.07 |======== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ........................ 19.20 |============ Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ........ 20.12 |============= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache Test 2 . 19.82 |============= Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 ...... 18.83 |============ Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ............ 29.66 |=================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Disk Performance - No Cache ........................ 104.89 |====== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache ........ 94.11 |====== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache Test 2 . 96.77 |====== Disk Performance - Write Through Read Cache 3 ...... 92.17 |===== Disk Performance - Caching SvSAN Test 1 ............ 303.20 |==================