Btrfs RAID benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Native Btrfs vs. mdadm RAID
Btrfs RAID benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
,,"Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 0","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 1","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 10","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 5","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 6","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6"
Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores)
Motherboard,,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF
Chipset,,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core
Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB
Disk,,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1
Graphics,,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB
Audio,,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99
Monitor,,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster
Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection
OS,,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10
Kernel,,3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1
Display Server,,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0
Display Driver,,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0
OpenGL,,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4
Compiler,,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1
File-System,,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs
Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600
,,"Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 0","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 1","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 10","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 5","Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 6","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6"
"FS-Mark - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,41.43,35.10,38.33,38.87,38.20,39.60,34.03,37.80,33.37,30.43
"FS-Mark - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads (Files/s)",HIB,83.73,69.03,77.07,79.87,75.47,92.00,64.00,75.60,64.73,56.80
"FS-Mark - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,40.73,35.63,38.50,39.17,37.73,39.43,33.43,36.93,32.10,30.63
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,758.26,233.00,469.10,742.06,653.54,816.02,224.69,695.44,792.61,909.98
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,497.23,128.00,267.48,248.93,214.56,381.45,109.22,159.53,214.31,179.73
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,824.97,323.80,450.78,869.68,960.89,,854.98,843.68,879.09,925.05
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,319.41,130.32,272.19,242.55,208.96,385.34,109.97,161.90,209.60,172.72
"IOzone - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance (MB/s)",HIB,1142.43,584.85,599.32,876.77,598.43,1141.18,280.39,478.65,438.55,315.85
"Compile Bench - Test: Initial Create (MB/s)",HIB,206.74,187.72,177.54,189.59,195.02,178.31,160.58,156.97,156.21,151.64