SAN Performance VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. GS2-3: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.21.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 6054.71 |============================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 3210.88 |============================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 256.44 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 232.39 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 6693.60 |============================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better GS2-3 . 202.12 |===============================================================