Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.2.2 / KVM / VirtualBox benchmark on Haswell

[Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>  Not sure whether anyone has seen this:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_haswell_virt
> >> ua
> >>  lization
> >>
> >>  Some of the comments are interesting, but not really as negative as
> >> they used to be. In any case, it may make sense to have a quick look
> >>
> >>  Lars
> >>
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> > They use PostMark for their disk I/O tests, which is an ancient
> benchmark.
> 
> is that a good or a bad thing? If so, why?

IMO it's a bad thing because it's far from a representative benchmark, which 
can lead to wrong conclusions when evaluation I/O performance.
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