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984 bytes added, 13:12, 22 April 2011
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== Benchmark description ==

=== Testbed Configuration ===
Hardware
* Server: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.66 GHz), 32 GB RAM
* Client: 4xHexCore Intel Xeon (2.136 GHz), 32 GB RAM
* Network: 1Gbit direct server<>client connection

Platform:
* Virtualization Software: Xen CentOS 5.5 x86_64, OpenVZ (RHEL6) 2.6.32-042test006.1.x86_64
* Guest OS: CentOS 5.5 x86_64


=== Results ===


{| class="wikitable"
|+ Benchmarks
|-
|| '''Operation'''
|| #1 Native CentOS 5.5 x64 kernel 2.6.18
|| #2 Xen CentOS 5.5 x64 kernel 2.6.18
|| #3 OpenVZ CentOS 5.5 x64 kernel 2.6.18
|| #4 Native RHEL 6.0 x64 kernel 2.6.32
|| #5 VzLin RHEL 6.0 x64 kernel 2.6.32
|-
|| Context switch using pipe || 251K || 126K || . || 194K || 166K
|-
|| Context switch using pipe (8 threads) || 6028K || 605K || 4807K || 3993K || 3686K
|-
|| Process execve() || 3162 || 1074 || 4217 || 8052 || 7288
|-
|| Process fork() || 4630 || 1958 || 5728 || 14773 || 14182
|-
|| System call || 4381K || 993K || 3583K || 4854K || 3408K
|}