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

sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5: 

	Processor: AMD Athlon 7750 @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS + 5 x 2000GB Hitachi HDS72202, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200, Audio: ATI RS690/780 HDMI

	OS: Arch, Kernel: 2.6.37-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


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 |============================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 18.73 |============


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 |====================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 610.35 |===========================================


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  |=========
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 395.71 |===========================================


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  |=========
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 391.54 |===========================================


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 |===============================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 3.11  |==


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 |===================================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 2.83  |==


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 |===========================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 77.79  |====================


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  |===
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 79.12   |=


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 2.6.37: EXT4 ........ 4666 |=============================================
Linux 2.6.37: Btrfs ....... 3750 |====================================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 2467 |========================


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 |============================================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 12.69 |==========


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   |====
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 1005.82 |==========================================


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 |=========================
sunshine_ext4_5x2tb_raid5 . 19.99 |============================================