Btrfs Old System Benchmarking EXT4 and Btrfs on an old Pentium laptop. Then comparing various mount options of Btrfs. Comparison for a future article on Phoronix in September 2011.
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Btrfs Old System Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution EXT4 Btrfs Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - space_cache Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nobarrier fuji xubuntu 11.10 Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores) LENOVO 2613EJU Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M 1024MB 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00 ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 Analog Devices AD1981 Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless Ubuntu 11.10 3.1.0-999-generic (i686) Unity 4.10.2 X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2) radeon 6.14.99 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1400x1050 btrfs Intel Pentium M @ 1.20GHz (1 Core) FUJITSU FJNB189 Intel 82852/82855 + ICH4-M 8GB TRANSCEND Intel 82852/855GM IGP 3.0.0-12-generic (i686) Xfce 4.8 X Server 1.10.4 intel 2.15.901 1280x768 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - EXT4: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - compress=zlib: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - compress=lzo: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - space_cache: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - autodefrag: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - nodatasum: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - nodatacow: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Btrfs - nobarrier: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - fuji xubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Btrfs Old System pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second sqlite: Default Test Directory postmark: Disk Transaction Performance fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size dbench: 6 iozone: 64Kb - 2GB - Write Performance iozone: 64Kb - 2GB - Read Performance EXT4 Btrfs Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - space_cache Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nobarrier fuji xubuntu 11.10 82.60 970.83 90 11.00 21.73 16.43 11.28 20.04 26.05 25.32 18.68 1484.29 103 10.93 28.57 13.20 10.67 28.16 28.51 26.37 18.26 1480.00 87 15.13 73.17 26.47 15.10 30.44 70.85 167.22 18.30 1462.10 120 17.87 194.93 29.40 17.03 31.20 189.30 187.43 17.87 1477.81 102 10.93 28.80 13.07 10.70 23.31 28.57 27.35 18.54 1459.90 120 10.80 27.87 13.20 10.77 27.83 28.53 27.39 18.33 1471.37 114 11.50 28.67 14 11.47 24.61 28.72 27.41 19.81 1568.78 113 11.40 29.07 14 11.43 24.62 28.82 28.04 82.61 205.33 105 18.57 28.97 17.20 18.23 68.89 28.27 26.88 13.63 1593.56 30 7.57 26.57 10.85 31.55 39.63 OpenBenchmarking.org
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 6 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 18.68 18.54 18.30 18.26 82.61 19.81 18.33 17.87 82.60 13.63
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.55, N = 3 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 1.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 31.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 8.73, N = 3 SE +/- 41.07, N = 3 1484.29 1459.90 1462.10 1480.00 205.33 1568.78 1471.37 1477.81 970.83 1593.56
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.12, N = 5 SE +/- 1.50, N = 5 SE +/- 1.29, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.49, N = 5 SE +/- 0.49, N = 5 SE +/- 0.37, N = 5 SE +/- 0.68, N = 5 SE +/- 0.32, N = 5 SE +/- 0.35, N = 10 103 120 120 87 105 113 114 102 90 30
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 6 10.93 10.80 17.87 15.13 18.57 11.40 11.50 10.93 11.00 7.57
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 4.94, N = 6 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 28.57 27.87 194.93 73.17 28.97 29.07 28.67 28.80 21.73 26.57
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 13.20 13.20 29.40 26.47 17.20 14.00 14.00 13.07 16.43
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 6 10.67 10.77 17.03 15.10 18.23 11.43 11.47 10.70 11.28
Dbench Client Count: 6 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 6 28.16 27.83 31.20 30.44 68.89 24.62 24.61 23.31 20.04 10.85
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 2.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 28.51 28.53 189.30 70.85 28.27 28.82 28.72 28.57 26.05 31.55
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Btrfs Btrfs - autodefrag Btrfs - compress=lzo Btrfs - compress=zlib Btrfs - nobarrier Btrfs - nodatacow Btrfs - nodatasum Btrfs - space_cache EXT4 fuji xubuntu 11.10 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 4.20, N = 6 SE +/- 3.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.70, N = 6 26.37 27.39 187.43 167.22 26.88 28.04 27.41 27.35 25.32 39.63
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