Linux 2.6.37 File-Systems
A collection of file-system tests under the Linux 2.6.37 stable kernel. Testing from a System76 Serval Professional notebook with a Sandy Bridge CPU and Intel solid-state drive.


Linux 2.6.37: 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: 2.6.37-020637-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 2.6.37: 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: 2.6.37-020637-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

ext4_8x1tb_raid5: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 + ICH10R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 1000GB Seagate ST31000340AS + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-00J7B + 1000GB HD103SJ + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS + 150GB Western Digital WDC WD1500HLFS-0 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

	OS: Arch, Kernel: 2.6.37-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 19.57  |===
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 87.24  |=============
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 330.30 |=================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 3413.40 |================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 238.40  |===
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 305.56  |====


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 109.53 |=================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 59.76  |===========================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 88.04  |=============
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 82.43  |============
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 335.99 |=================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 87.51  |============
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 84.65  |============
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 352.07 |=================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 66.70 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 43.13 |================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 28.53 |=====================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 280.57 |===============
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 288.30 |================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 909.13 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 1.21
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 53.67 |=================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 55.30 |==================================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 13.85 |=============


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 80.49 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 56.16 |===================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 5.95  |====


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 70.45 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 55.29 |=======================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 3.26  |==


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 4666 |===================================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 3750 |=========================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 2528 |============================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 166.31 |=========
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 105.29 |======
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 863.34 |=================================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 .. 10.34 |=============================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs . 11.37 |=================================================
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 .... 11.60 |==================================================