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=== Benchmark Description === | === Benchmark Description === | ||
− | LAMP (acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack is widely used for building modern web sites. | + | |
+ | LAMP (acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack is widely used for building modern web sites on Linux. So it's quite natural that there is a need to understand how well such type of workloads run in virtualized environment and how many LAMPs virtualization can bare on a single piece of hardware. 2 important metrics are presented in this report: total number of serviced requests/sec and average response time. | ||
=== Implementation === | === Implementation === | ||
− | To measure LAMP software stack performance and density we use DVD-Store E-Commerce benchmark developed by [http://linux.dell.com/dvdstore/ Dell]. | + | To measure LAMP software stack performance and density we use DVD-Store E-Commerce benchmark developed by [http://linux.dell.com/dvdstore/ Dell]. This benchmark is also widely used by RedHat and others. |
=== Testbed Configuration === | === Testbed Configuration === | ||
− | Server: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.66 GHz), 64 GB RAM, HP MSA1500 SAN Storage, 8 SATA (7200 RPM) Disks in RAID0 | + | Hardware: |
− | + | * Server: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.66 GHz), 64 GB RAM, HP MSA1500 SAN Storage, 8 SATA (7200 RPM) Disks in RAID0 | |
− | Client: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.136 GHz), 32 GB RAM | + | *Client: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.136 GHz), 32 GB RAM |
− | + | * Network: 1Gbit direct server <-> client connection | |
− | Network: | ||
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− | Guest OS: Centos 5.5 x86_64 | + | Platform: |
+ | * Virtualization Software: ESXi4.1upd1, XenServer5.6fp1, HyperV (R2), OpenVZ (RH6) 2.6.32-042test006.1.x86_64 | ||
+ | * Guest OS: Centos 5.5 x86_64 | ||
Software and Tunings: | Software and Tunings: | ||
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=== Summary === | === Summary === | ||
− | * OpenVZ shows the best performance over solutions tested: OpenVZ 38% faster than XenServer and more than x2 times faster than HyperV and ESXi | + | * OpenVZ shows the best performance over solutions tested: OpenVZ 38% faster than XenServer and more than x2 times faster than HyperV and ESXi under high load. |
− | * OpenVZ shows the best response time over solutions tested: | + | * OpenVZ shows the best response time over solutions tested: 33% better response time compared to ESXi and x2 times better response time than XenServer and HyperV |
Latest revision as of 16:35, 21 April 2011
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Benchmark Description[edit]
LAMP (acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack is widely used for building modern web sites on Linux. So it's quite natural that there is a need to understand how well such type of workloads run in virtualized environment and how many LAMPs virtualization can bare on a single piece of hardware. 2 important metrics are presented in this report: total number of serviced requests/sec and average response time.
Implementation[edit]
To measure LAMP software stack performance and density we use DVD-Store E-Commerce benchmark developed by Dell. This benchmark is also widely used by RedHat and others.
Testbed Configuration[edit]
Hardware:
- Server: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.66 GHz), 64 GB RAM, HP MSA1500 SAN Storage, 8 SATA (7200 RPM) Disks in RAID0
- Client: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.136 GHz), 32 GB RAM
- Network: 1Gbit direct server <-> client connection
Platform:
- Virtualization Software: ESXi4.1upd1, XenServer5.6fp1, HyperV (R2), OpenVZ (RH6) 2.6.32-042test006.1.x86_64
- Guest OS: Centos 5.5 x86_64
Software and Tunings:
- Each VM/CT was configured with 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
- Small db was deployed from DVD Store samples
- Dvd Store benchmark client run string: ds2webdriver.exe --target=172.0.1.%VM% --think_time=0.05 --n_threads=3 --warmup_time=10 --run_time=10 --db_size_str=S --n_line_items=1 --pct_newcustomers=1
- Firewall was turned off
- All other tunings were left at default values
Benchmark Results[edit]
Summary[edit]
- OpenVZ shows the best performance over solutions tested: OpenVZ 38% faster than XenServer and more than x2 times faster than HyperV and ESXi under high load.
- OpenVZ shows the best response time over solutions tested: 33% better response time compared to ESXi and x2 times better response time than XenServer and HyperV