For a uniform test environment, we configured all volumes that would be used in benchmark tests using 1.6TB of storage imported from an IBM DS4100 array. In particular, we consumed 750GB in creating a number of 25GB partitions to support VM operating systems and 50GB partitions to support user data for applications on both VM and physical systems. More importantly, we could now use all of the advanced provisioning features that are part of the StoneFusion OS. This proved to be extremely important when working with VMs.