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 waterfall_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 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 |=========================================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 11.58 |=========================================== 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 |======================================= waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 925.29 |========================================== 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 |======================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 2611 |========================= 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 |== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 3.33 |== 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 |=== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 6.11 |=== 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 |=========== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 13.57 |=========== 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 |========================================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 911.83 |========================================== 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 |================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 27.70 |================== 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 |====================================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 394.07 |========================================== 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 |================================= waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 422.59 |========================================== 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 |=========================== 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 |==== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 308.03 |==== 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 |====================================== waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 367.51 |==========================================