> 1 x NetBSD 128 MB XENU (direct access to the wd0x partition)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 493.13 real       415.02 user        61.98 sys
> 
> 4 x NetBSD 128 MB XENU (vnd with 2 GB file-as-disk)
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 1633.38 real      1396.94 user       177.58 sys
> 1641.86 real      1404.19 user       195.83 sys
> 1642.72 real      1403.38 user       196.25 sys
> 1633.69 real      1394.42 user       176.68 sys

I ran the same tests with VMware Workstation 4.5.2 (build 8848)
running on Linux 2.6.10.

1 x VMware (NetBSD 3.99.2 / 128 MB)
-----------------------------------
677.25 real     228.42 user     465.22 sys

4 x VMware (NetBSD 3.99.2 / 128 MB)
-----------------------------------
1956.27 real    684.74 user     1292.46 sys
1980.40 real    699.26 user     1294.21 sys
2003.97 real    706.11 user     1307.21 sys
1972.71 real    680.16 user     1322.24 sys