disk-perf VMware testing on Oracle Linux Server 7.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite. OracleServer 6.6: Processor: 5 x Intel Xeon E7- 4860 @ 2.26GHz (10 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 5GB Virtual disk + 215GB Virtual disk + 2 x 54GB Virtual disk + 2198GB Virtual disk + 32GB Virtual disk + 322GB 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, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080, System Layer: VMware OracleServer 6.8: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 4860 @ 2.26GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 2 x 11GB Virtual disk + 15GB Virtual disk + 5GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: OracleServer 6.8, Kernel: 3.8.13-118.10.2.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.17.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Oracle Linux Server 7.5: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E7- 4860 @ 2.26GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 5GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk + 32GB Virtual disk + 9GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Oracle Linux Server 7.5, Kernel: 4.1.12-124.16.4.el7uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080, System Layer: VMware hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 ........ 184.03 |============= OracleServer 6.8 ........ 178.72 |============= Oracle Linux Server 7.5 . 617.03 |============================================= hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdb MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 ........ 179.17 |============ OracleServer 6.8 ........ 183.78 |============ Oracle Linux Server 7.5 . 685.25 |============================================= hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdc MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 ........ 185.59 |======== OracleServer 6.8 ........ 1057.97 |============================================ Oracle Linux Server 7.5 . 652.31 |=========================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdd MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 ........ 175.77 |========= OracleServer 6.8 ........ 836.49 |============================================= Oracle Linux Server 7.5 . 681.33 |===================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sde MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 ........ 159.33 |========= OracleServer 6.8 ........ 759.99 |============================================= Oracle Linux Server 7.5 . 673.11 |======================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdf MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 . 181.23 |==================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdg MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 . 172.42 |==================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdh MB/s > Higher Is Better OracleServer 6.6 . 183.26 |====================================================