Btrfs Mount Options On Ubuntu Linux Testing various Btrfs file-system mount options from an early Linux 3.7 development kernel. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
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Btrfs Mount Options On Ubuntu Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Stock nodatacow nobarrier compress=zlib compress=lzo discard nospace_cache clear_cache inode_cache noatime Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz M471B5673FH0-CF8 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (405/324MHz) Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 12.10 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.8.0 X Server 1.13.0 nouveau 1.0.2 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 btrfs 1600x900 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - Stock: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - nodatacow: DEADLINE / nodatacow,nodatasum,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - nobarrier: DEADLINE / nobarrier,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - compress=zlib: DEADLINE / compress=zlib,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - compress=lzo: DEADLINE / compress=lzo,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - discard: DEADLINE / discard,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - nospace_cache: DEADLINE / nospace_cache,relatime,rw,ssd - clear_cache: DEADLINE / clear_cache,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - inode_cache: DEADLINE / inode_cache,relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd - noatime: DEADLINE / noatime,rw,space_cache,ssd System Details - Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3. Compiz was running on this system.
Btrfs Mount Options On Ubuntu Linux fio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size dbench: 1 iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performance iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performance tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4 tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 8 tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 4 tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create unpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 postmark: Disk Transaction Performance Stock nodatacow nobarrier compress=zlib compress=lzo discard nospace_cache clear_cache inode_cache noatime 724.41 65.37 93.23 64.00 170.36 292.69 286.04 102.44 102.30 294.92 102.86 75.10 75.00 74.26 77.23 96.76 59.11 16.07 1594 661.77 86.23 99.10 76.80 193.99 278.89 274.59 103.05 102.97 275.35 103.19 97.25 96.21 93.61 93.33 95.50 56.48 15.73 2318 715.79 70.83 93.87 68.97 181.87 288.37 285.02 103.01 102.48 292.75 102.68 67.72 78.74 71.64 78.33 95.61 64.22 15.94 1562 721.72 101.13 237.93 99.07 169.11 1072.39 309.67 313.89 193.81 1048.39 326.80 63.16 62.57 63.34 57.46 210.26 51.70 27.05 713.95 188.13 832.43 185.60 187.59 1018.11 322.96 1285.86 212.67 1029.06 1291.38 63.92 69.41 58.12 57.60 705.81 70.21 19.15 2003 816.52 59.40 70.52 54.93 148.72 310.42 300.61 102.83 101.42 320.97 102.15 75.62 75.53 68.89 60.66 98.50 51.46 17.27 1597 722.57 66.03 93.83 63.80 170.64 302.79 287.20 102.61 102.57 291.59 102.88 72.54 77.34 69.56 79.95 96.67 65.73 15.84 1597 721.05 65.50 93.57 63.90 169.72 287.90 292.42 102.63 102.82 294.81 102.79 73.31 82.24 72.94 73.71 96.58 61.87 16.21 1562 715.86 66.20 93.57 63.90 191.24 289.47 285.79 102.43 102.61 298.31 102.79 70.14 81.62 68.66 68.78 93.44 59.44 16.05 1562 713.06 65.97 93.90 63.20 168.49 259.74 220.49 100.85 97.56 232.97 101.20 59.66 73.41 68.82 79.89 91.84 62.97 16.09 1607 OpenBenchmarking.org
Flexible IO Tester Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds (Run Time), Fewer Is Better Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.45, N = 3 SE +/- 2.17, N = 3 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 2.47, N = 3 SE +/- 8.49, N = 3 SE +/- 2.99, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 4.02, N = 3 SE +/- 2.46, N = 3 SE +/- 4.88, N = 3 724.41 721.05 713.95 721.72 816.52 715.86 713.06 715.79 661.77 722.57
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 2.45, N = 6 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 65.37 65.50 188.13 101.13 59.40 66.20 65.97 70.83 86.23 66.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
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 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 13.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 6 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 93.23 93.57 832.43 237.93 70.52 93.57 93.90 93.87 99.10 93.83 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
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 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 64.00 63.90 185.60 99.07 54.93 63.90 63.20 68.97 76.80 63.80 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 1.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 170.36 169.72 187.59 169.11 148.72 191.24 168.49 181.87 193.99 170.64 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
IOzone Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 4.39, N = 5 SE +/- 5.48, N = 3 SE +/- 11.23, N = 3 SE +/- 18.51, N = 4 SE +/- 5.51, N = 6 SE +/- 5.64, N = 3 SE +/- 9.94, N = 6 SE +/- 5.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 8.22, N = 6 292.69 287.90 1018.11 1072.39 310.42 289.47 259.74 288.37 278.89 302.79 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 2.42, N = 3 SE +/- 3.61, N = 3 SE +/- 5.86, N = 3 SE +/- 6.50, N = 6 SE +/- 4.70, N = 3 SE +/- 1.30, N = 3 SE +/- 3.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 2.24, N = 3 286.04 292.42 322.96 309.67 300.61 285.79 220.49 285.02 274.59 287.20 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 39.86, N = 6 SE +/- 14.31, N = 6 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 102.44 102.63 1285.86 313.89 102.83 102.43 100.85 103.01 103.05 102.61 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 38.65, N = 6 SE +/- 29.60, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 102.30 102.82 212.67 193.81 101.42 102.61 97.56 102.48 102.97 102.57 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 5.74, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 9.95, N = 3 SE +/- 7.62, N = 3 SE +/- 4.88, N = 5 SE +/- 3.62, N = 3 SE +/- 8.86, N = 6 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 4.63, N = 6 SE +/- 5.60, N = 3 294.92 294.81 1029.06 1048.39 320.97 298.31 232.97 292.75 275.35 291.59 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 3.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 102.86 102.79 1291.38 326.80 102.15 102.79 101.20 102.68 103.19 102.88 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.22, N = 8 SE +/- 1.78, N = 8 SE +/- 1.86, N = 8 SE +/- 1.31, N = 8 SE +/- 2.30, N = 8 SE +/- 3.19, N = 8 SE +/- 7.10, N = 8 SE +/- 5.25, N = 8 SE +/- 0.55, N = 4 SE +/- 2.27, N = 8 75.10 73.31 63.92 63.16 75.62 70.14 59.66 67.72 97.25 72.54
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 3.03, N = 8 SE +/- 2.92, N = 8 SE +/- 1.85, N = 8 SE +/- 3.11, N = 8 SE +/- 3.12, N = 8 SE +/- 0.57, N = 4 SE +/- 5.10, N = 8 SE +/- 3.20, N = 8 SE +/- 0.56, N = 4 SE +/- 2.51, N = 8 75.00 82.24 69.41 62.57 75.53 81.62 73.41 78.74 96.21 77.34
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.86, N = 4 SE +/- 2.51, N = 8 SE +/- 4.92, N = 8 SE +/- 0.96, N = 4 SE +/- 1.77, N = 8 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.91, N = 4 SE +/- 0.96, N = 4 SE +/- 0.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.96, N = 5 74.26 72.94 58.12 63.34 68.89 68.66 68.82 71.64 93.61 69.56
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 2.20, N = 8 SE +/- 1.99, N = 8 SE +/- 0.92, N = 4 SE +/- 3.72, N = 8 SE +/- 8.00, N = 8 SE +/- 5.13, N = 8 SE +/- 3.52, N = 8 SE +/- 3.24, N = 8 SE +/- 1.45, N = 4 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 77.23 73.71 57.60 57.46 60.66 68.78 79.89 78.33 93.33 79.95
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 1.56, N = 4 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 96.76 96.58 705.81 210.26 98.50 93.44 91.84 95.61 95.50 96.67
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 SE +/- 3.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 SE +/- 2.15, N = 4 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 1.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 59.11 61.87 70.21 51.70 51.46 59.44 62.97 64.22 56.48 65.73
Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Stock clear_cache compress=lzo compress=zlib discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.26, N = 4 SE +/- 0.13, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.11, N = 4 SE +/- 0.19, N = 4 SE +/- 0.19, N = 4 SE +/- 0.15, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 16.07 16.21 19.15 27.05 17.27 16.05 16.09 15.94 15.73 15.84
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Stock clear_cache compress=lzo discard inode_cache noatime nobarrier nodatacow nospace_cache 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 21.40, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 26.67, N = 10 SE +/- 21.93, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 21.01, N = 7 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 30.40, N = 10 SE +/- 21.93, N = 6 1594 1562 2003 1597 1562 1607 1562 2318 1597
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