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.
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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
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 |==================
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 |==========================================
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 |========
ext4_8x1tb_raid5 ........... 335.99 |=================================
waterfall_ext4_8x1tb_raid5 . 422.59 |==========================================
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 |==========================================
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 |===
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 |==
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 |==========================================
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 |====
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 |=========================
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 |===========
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 |==========================================
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 |===========================================