On 2/3/2015 10:44 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/2/2015 8:52 PM, Jatin Davey wrote: >> So , You dont think that any configuration changes like increasing >> the number of volumes or anything else will help in reducing the I/O >> wait time ? > > not by much. it might reduce the overhead if you use LVM volumes for > virtual disks instead of using files, but if you're doing too much > disk IO, there's not much that helps other than faster disks (or > reducing the amount of reads by more aggressive caching via having > more memory). > > > > Thanks John I will test and get the I/O speed results with the following and see what works best with the given workload: Create 5 volumes each with 150 GB in size for the 5 VMs that i will be running on the server Create 1 volume with 600GB in size for the 5 VMs that i will be running on the server Try with LVM volumes instead of files Will test and compare the I/O responsiveness in all cases and go with the one which is acceptable. Appreciate your responses in this regard. Thanks again.. Regards, Jatin