Linux 2.6.38 File-Systems
A collection of file-system tests under the Linux 2.6.38 development kernel. Testing from a System76 Serval Professional notebook with a Sandy Bridge CPU and Intel solid-state drive.ss


Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 0e31 2048MB (1150/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 0e31 2048MB (1150/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA 132-BL-E758, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 5632MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAKS-0 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (715/1800MHz)

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.29, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 260.19.29, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 19.74  |=
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 73.98  |===
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 909.35 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 . 2914.24 |=============================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs . 225.35  |===


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 114.68 |=========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 55.66  |====================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 87.32  |===============================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 87.28 |======================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 81.07 |===================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 96.08 |==========================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 87.74 |=======================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 84.71 |======================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 94.57 |==========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 65.07 |==========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 51.07 |=================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 21.37 |==============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 276.77 |========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 286.57 |=========================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 187.35 |===========================


Flexible IO Tester 1.21
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 51.70 |=======================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 56.18 |==========================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 49.82 |=====================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 80.47 |==========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 57.50 |==============================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 2.95  |==


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 74.32 |==========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 56.36 |================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 2.71  |==


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 4833 |==========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 3869 |=================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 5000 |===========================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 188.76 |=========================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 95.66  |=====================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 52.47  |===========


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.38-rc6: EXT4 ...... 10.22 |======================================
Linux 2.6.38-rc6 Btrfs ...... 11.26 |==========================================
linux 2.6.38-rc6 ext4 btrfs . 9.98  |=====================================