cjladmunix VMware testing on OracleServer 6.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 4860 @ 2.26GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: OracleServer 6.6, Kernel: 3.8.13-68.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 180.35 |======================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdb MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 229.13 |========================================================