ZFS On Linux 3.8 Kernel, ZOL 0.6.1

Initial ZFS On Linux benchmarks... More to come. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com.

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ZFS

Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

EXT4

OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.

ZFS On Linux 3.8 Kernel, ZOL 0.6.1OpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1X Server 1.13.3nouveau 1.0.62.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7.2 20121109zfsext41600x900ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemsScreen ResolutionZFS On Linux 3.8 Kernel, ZOL 0.6.1 BenchmarksSystem Logs- EXT4: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic - EXT4: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel- EXT4: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.

ZFS vs. EXT4 ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+213%+213%+426%+426%+639%+639%+852%+852%852.1%513%211.1%56.9%4.F.3.S.D.1.S15.F.1.S.4.T1.F.1.SFS-MarkDbenchFS-MarkFS-MarkZFSEXT4

ZFS On Linux 3.8 Kernel, ZOL 0.6.1fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1ZFSEXT446.2025.637.7827.2972.5079.7374.07167.29OpenBenchmarking.org

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeZFSEXT41632486480SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 3.81, N = 646.2072.501. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeZFSEXT41428425670Min: 45.6 / Avg: 46.2 / Max: 46.6Min: 59.2 / Avg: 72.5 / Max: 81.91. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsZFSEXT420406080100SE +/- 11.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.71, N = 625.6379.731. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsZFSEXT41530456075Min: 12.7 / Avg: 25.63 / Max: 48.4Min: 74.4 / Avg: 79.73 / Max: 85.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeZFSEXT41632486480SE +/- 0.51, N = 6SE +/- 1.43, N = 37.7874.071. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeZFSEXT41428425670Min: 6 / Avg: 7.78 / Max: 9Min: 71.2 / Avg: 74.07 / Max: 75.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1ZFSEXT44080120160200SE +/- 6.35, N = 6SE +/- 1.70, N = 327.29167.291. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1ZFSEXT4306090120150Min: 2.24 / Avg: 27.29 / Max: 42.92Min: 164.01 / Avg: 167.29 / Max: 169.721. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

ZFS

Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Testing initiated at 17 April 2013 15:41 by user phoronix.

EXT4

Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 17 April 2013 20:14 by user phoronix.