UFS, ZFS On FreeBSD 9.0 Some file-system testing under PC-BSD/FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 on an AMD Fusion Llano setup. In a stock FreeBSD 9.0 configuration, comparing UFS and ZFS file-systems for future article on Phoronix.com. FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 1506MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX2 1.10, Graphics: Software Rasterizer, Audio: ATI (Unknown) HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8059 Gigabit OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.0-RC2 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.3, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.6.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0 (SVN 142614), File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 1506MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX2 1.10, Graphics: Software Rasterizer, Audio: ATI (Unknown) HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8059 Gigabit OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.0-RC2 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.3, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.6.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0 (SVN 142614), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 18.60 |================================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 13.10 |=================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 416 |==================================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 392 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 77.23 |================================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 70.42 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 201.28 |================================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 115.93 |============================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 120.91 |================================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 89.80 |==================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 UFS . 19.52 |================================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ZFS . 5.66 |==============