====== OpenVZ container ====== Test disk speed: # time (dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test bs=64k count=16k > /dev/null; sync) 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 244.182 s, 4.4 MB/s real 4m4.440s user 0m0.016s sys 0m3.962s # time ls -la /tmp | wc -l 99 ​ real 0m2.350s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.011s # ioping -c 10 / 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=1 time=7.24 ms (warmup) 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=2 time=189.6 us 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=3 time=6.69 ms 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=4 time=137.8 us 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=5 time=136.1 us 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=6 time=80.0 ms 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=7 time=5.45 ms 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=8 time=5.45 ms 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=9 time=157.3 us (fast) 4 KiB <<< / (simfs /dev/simfs): request=10 time=139.0 us (fast) --- / (simfs /dev/simfs) ioping statistics --- 9 requests completed in 98.3 ms, 36 KiB read, 91 iops, 366.2 KiB/s generated 10 requests in 9.00 s, 40 KiB, 1 iops, 4.44 KiB/s min/avg/max/mdev = 136.1 us / 10.9 ms / 80.0 ms / 24.5 ms # vmstat 1 -w procs -----------------------memory---------------------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- --------cpu-------- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 37 0 115840 1518576 0 1386452 1 2 18 107 0 2 45 13 42 0 0 31 0 115840 1517960 0 1386468 0 0 0 36 0 3521 3 5 91 0 0 31 0 115840 1520920 0 1386392 0 0 16 88 0 10727 5 5 91 0 0 35 0 115840 1516624 0 1386372 0 0 124 876 0 9174 10 10 81 0 0 32 0 115840 1516120 0 1386708 0 0 0 168 0 1510 1 3 96 0 0 36 0 115840 1515968 0 1386720 0 0 0 24 0 664 1 1 99 0 0 54 0 115840 1506072 0 1387012 0 0 0 4 0 474 10 4 85 0 0 38 0 115840 1497588 0 1387476 0 0 0 1604 0 913 12 17 71 0 0 1) For disk I/O tests < 40 MB/s is below average 40 - 80 MB/s is about average 80 MB/s -120 MB/s is very nice 120 MB/s + is outstanding 2) For Unixbench CPU benchmarks (single CPU) < 150 is poor 150-300 is ok for a budget VM 300-400 is average 400-500 is very good 500+ is outstanding for a budget VM