var 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 testing with a HP ProLiant DL360 G7 (P68 BIOS) and AMD ES1000 on SUSE LINUX 11 via the Phoronix Test Suite. compressgzip: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 (P68 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-800MHz, Disk: 8 x 5GB VV + 4 x 140GB VV + 4 x 54GB VV + 60 x 268GB VV + 60 x 537GB VV + 4 x 1100GB VV + 124 x 429GB VV + 44 x 11GB VV + 4 x 2GB VV + 4 x 3GB VV + 8 x 698GB VV + 4 x 107GB VV + 8 x 220GB VV + 12 x 805GB VV + 4 x 311GB VV, Graphics: AMD ES1000, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-63-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: reiserfs iozone: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 (P68 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-800MHz, Disk: 8 x 5GB VV + 4 x 140GB VV + 4 x 54GB VV + 60 x 268GB VV + 60 x 537GB VV + 4 x 1100GB VV + 124 x 429GB VV + 44 x 11GB VV + 4 x 2GB VV + 4 x 3GB VV + 8 x 698GB VV + 4 x 107GB VV + 8 x 220GB VV + 12 x 805GB VV + 4 x 311GB VV, Graphics: AMD ES1000, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-63-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: reiserfs iozone1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 (P68 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-800MHz, Disk: 8 x 5GB VV + 4 x 140GB VV + 4 x 54GB VV + 60 x 268GB VV + 60 x 537GB VV + 4 x 1100GB VV + 124 x 429GB VV + 44 x 11GB VV + 4 x 2GB VV + 4 x 3GB VV + 8 x 698GB VV + 4 x 107GB VV + 8 x 220GB VV + 12 x 805GB VV + 4 x 311GB VV, Graphics: AMD ES1000, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-63-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: reiserfs Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better compressgzip . 20.43 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 5561.80 |============================================================ iozone1 . 5552.15 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 5189.31 |========================================================= iozone1 . 5450.26 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 99.59 |=========================================================== iozone1 . 103.00 |============================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 104.04 |============================================================= iozone1 . 103.73 |============================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 6267.75 |============================================================ iozone1 . 6245.49 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone .. 100.90 |=========================================================== iozone1 . 103.50 |=============================================================