Linux 4.1 Btrfs Sun Fire Btrfs Linux RAID benchmark results. Test data by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Single Disk: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Two Disk RAID0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Two Disk RAID1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Four Disk RAID0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Four Disk RAID1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Four Disk RAID5: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Four Disk RAID6: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Four Disk RAID10: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Five Disk RAID0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Five Disk RAID1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Five Disk RAID5: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150511, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Five Disk RAID6: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150511, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Five Disk RAID10: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150511, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 0.98 |=================================================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 0.99 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 1.02 |===================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 1.00 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 1.01 |===================================================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 0.99 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 1.00 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 1.03 |====================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 0.99 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 1.03 |====================================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 1.02 |===================================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 0.99 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 102.32 |=============================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 161.39 |================================================= Two Disk RAID1 ... 118.07 |==================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 160.94 |================================================= Four Disk RAID1 .. 112.06 |================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 144.57 |============================================ Four Disk RAID6 .. 137.58 |========================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 135.93 |========================================= Five Disk RAID0 .. 170.21 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 120.47 |===================================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 171.43 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 152.64 |============================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 144.87 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 41.30 |======== Two Disk RAID0 ... 157.38 |=============================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 93.38 |=================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 262.40 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 105.04 |===================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 110.67 |====================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 128.99 |========================== Four Disk RAID10 . 142.69 |============================ Five Disk RAID0 .. 230.48 |============================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 154.44 |=============================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 249.29 |================================================= Five Disk RAID6 .. 191.43 |====================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 132.73 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 163.36 |============== Two Disk RAID0 ... 301.45 |========================= Two Disk RAID1 ... 166.00 |============== Four Disk RAID0 .. 485.06 |======================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 192.21 |================ Four Disk RAID5 .. 344.23 |============================= Four Disk RAID6 .. 306.83 |========================= Four Disk RAID10 . 280.89 |======================= Five Disk RAID0 .. 625.91 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 205.97 |================= Five Disk RAID5 .. 559.06 |============================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 344.29 |============================= Five Disk RAID10 . 297.48 |========================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 32.85 |=================================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 47.20 |================================================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 39.92 |=========================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 49.57 |===================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 39.12 |========================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 33.57 |==================================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 35.10 |====================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 42.77 |============================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 47.60 |=================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 40.83 |============================================ Five Disk RAID5 .. 40.17 |=========================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 29.43 |=============================== Five Disk RAID10 . 42.05 |============================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 54.53 |================================ Two Disk RAID0 ... 74.20 |============================================ Two Disk RAID1 ... 56.07 |================================= Four Disk RAID0 .. 88.03 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 59.00 |=================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 55.55 |================================= Four Disk RAID6 .. 57.23 |================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 68.80 |========================================= Five Disk RAID0 .. 89.23 |===================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 63.17 |====================================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 75.87 |============================================= Five Disk RAID6 .. 52.80 |=============================== Five Disk RAID10 . 69.33 |========================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 33.33 |===================================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 46.83 |==================================================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 39.17 |=========================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 47.10 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 40.00 |============================================ Four Disk RAID5 .. 30.90 |================================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 34.47 |====================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 41.67 |============================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 48.10 |===================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 39.80 |============================================ Five Disk RAID5 .. 40.00 |============================================ Five Disk RAID6 .. 29.10 |================================ Five Disk RAID10 . 41.60 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 19.65 |======================================= Two Disk RAID0 ... 26.55 |===================================================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 24.55 |================================================= Four Disk RAID0 .. 25.67 |=================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 24.06 |================================================ Four Disk RAID5 .. 19.89 |======================================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 17.11 |================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 23.16 |============================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 25.58 |=================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 24.12 |================================================ Five Disk RAID5 .. 20.33 |========================================= Five Disk RAID6 .. 19.09 |====================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 23.21 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 104.69 |============================================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 117.39 |==================================================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 112.59 |================================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 114.98 |=================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 116.29 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 68.21 |============================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 111.35 |================================================= Four Disk RAID10 . 114.58 |=================================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 114.11 |=================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 113.23 |================================================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 115.11 |=================================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 112.32 |================================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 110.44 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Single Disk ...... 2737 |===================================================== Two Disk RAID0 ... 2737 |===================================================== Two Disk RAID1 ... 2688 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID0 .. 2808 |====================================================== Four Disk RAID1 .. 2727 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID5 .. 2767 |===================================================== Four Disk RAID6 .. 2717 |==================================================== Four Disk RAID10 . 2757 |===================================================== Five Disk RAID0 .. 2798 |====================================================== Five Disk RAID1 .. 2727 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID5 .. 2727 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID6 .. 2717 |==================================================== Five Disk RAID10 . 2737 |=====================================================