Benchmarks for Virtualization Technology and Environment

Summary

Specific benchmarks introduction

VMmark

• • Overview: VMmark is a free tool used by hardware vendors, virtualization software vendors, and others to measure the performance, scalability, and power consumption of virtualization platforms

  • Goals

    • Allow accurate and reliable benchmarking of virtual data center performance and power consumption

    • Allow comparison of the performance and power consumption of different virtualization platforms

    • Can be used to determine the performance effects of changes in hardware, software, or configuration within the virtualization environment

  • Features

    • Application-Centric Benchmarking of Real-World Workloads

    • Unique Tile-Based Implementation

    • Multi-Server Virtualized Data Center Benchmarking

    • High-Precision Scoring Methodology

    • Power Measurement