mail-30042020 VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Local HDD Datastore: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 3299GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: 2 x VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Virtual disk: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 3299GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: 2 x VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 3764.67 |================================================ Virtual disk ........ 3614.73 |============================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 1562.87 |================================================ Virtual disk ........ 1316.88 |======================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 181.43 |================================================= Virtual disk ........ 173.15 |=============================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 166.87 |================================================= Virtual disk ........ 161.61 |=============================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 3753.81 |================================================ Virtual disk ........ 3520.06 |============================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Local HDD Datastore . 189.92 |================================================= Virtual disk ........ 190.12 |=================================================