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