Btrfs multi-disk tests on the Linux 4.10 kernel with various RAID options. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1707176-TR-1707146TR86
Btrfs Linux 4.10 RAID 4-Disk SSD,
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",51.3,50.2,50.7
"2-Disk RAID0",78.4,82,84.8,72.8,82.8,82.8
"2-Disk RAID1",41.6,43.6,45.6,40.4,44.8,41.7
"4-Disk RAID0",155.2,114.4,146.1,136,132.4,109.4
"4-Disk RAID1",64,55,62,60.8,63.6,62.8
"4-Disk RAID10",70.8,62.8,67.2,63.6,66,63.6
"4-Disk RAID5",98,92.9,103.4,99.6,100.3,110.8
"4-Disk RAID6",67.8,64,68
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",190.9,200.4,217.3,206.8,134.7,154.6
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",437.9,421.5,414.1
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",64.8,64,65.6
"BlogBench 1.0 - Test: Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",4868,4996,4963
"2-Disk RAID0",6558,6691,6603
"2-Disk RAID1",4979,4927,4910
"4-Disk RAID0",7591,7358,7663
"4-Disk RAID1",5461,5530,5634
"4-Disk RAID10",6207,6522,6530
"4-Disk RAID5",7254,7018,6965
"4-Disk RAID6",5580,6144,5601,5720,5952,5849
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",15744,19796,21411,20864,20997,20442
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",2081,2105,1965,2022
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",203.634,214.279,213.201
"2-Disk RAID0",441.513,441.434,436.772
"2-Disk RAID1",205.505,218.234,216.632
"4-Disk RAID0",722.785,718.3,721.577
"4-Disk RAID1",412.01,415.436,412.946
"4-Disk RAID10",427.833,426.882,418.608
"4-Disk RAID5",598.571,599.321,544.066,605.643,563.674,600.792
"4-Disk RAID6",422.883,423.266,422.766
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",2.3824,2.7165,1.9934,2.2824,2.3803,2.1743
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",247.479,244.266,245.323
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",1.8017,1.7889,1.7884
"PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",1094.853062,1149.126968,1412.155332,1103.018919,1128.180594,1292.964785
"2-Disk RAID0",1268.811063,1746.124241,1838.649858,1784.372801,1718.029188,1402.803911
"2-Disk RAID1",1147.831469
"4-Disk RAID0",2887.002961
"4-Disk RAID1",972.519847
"4-Disk RAID10",1427.295875
"4-Disk RAID5",2012.785033
"4-Disk RAID6",1303.599303
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",112.259064,112.530718,112.168316
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",99.876051,101.579923,97.811392
"SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"Single Disk",83.343461036682,87.57558298111,85.765787124634
"2-Disk RAID0",86.572677135468,85.315878868103,90.794750928879
"2-Disk RAID1",105.41241502762,106.11439085007,106.16122198105
"4-Disk RAID0",78.622328996658,88.307670116425,86.166594982147,86.090456008911,86.189780950546,85.938951015472
"4-Disk RAID1",85.161962032318,97.024554014206,86.649180173874,96.754399061203,86.991655111313,95.419750928879
"4-Disk RAID10",92.892825841904,90.932374000549,106.44473385811,91.92767906189,95.150110006332,105.18071007729
"4-Disk RAID5",100.57451605797,103.1348900795,112.54287695885,110.18162107468,110.81085991859,107.66913580894
"4-Disk RAID6",113.75238180161,117.50053906441,128.37590193748,121.57351708412,122.35665106773,128.86803388596
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",17.066926002502,17.844609975815,6.9193520545959,12.014721870422,9.9777572154999,14.124563217163
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",3.9431669712067,3.9513580799103,4.0350859165192
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",590.8656539917,545.70680880547,557.55969190598,537.35658597946,529.27979898453,534.06805515289
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",85.81,186.18,107.43
"2-Disk RAID0",284.72,257.39,272.92
"2-Disk RAID1",134.79,105.73,115.94
"4-Disk RAID0",297.14,288.93,303.75
"4-Disk RAID1",259.4,236.61,184.59
"4-Disk RAID10",209.54,263.65,267.49
"4-Disk RAID5",272.76,273.12,245.93
"4-Disk RAID6",200.38,257.53,253.28
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",169.77,185.81,176.91
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",355.28,371.08,382.43
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",816.44,819.97,814.5
"2-Disk RAID0",974.73,1065.27,909.81,977.93,940.55,1049.55
"2-Disk RAID1",816.88,760.71,766.07,794.45
"4-Disk RAID0",1445.45,1507.02,1242.9,1499.18,1434.03,1349.63
"4-Disk RAID1",918.6,942.79,853.95,931.46,912.52,933.89
"4-Disk RAID10",920.42,924.43,802.53,900.48,911.6,961.93
"4-Disk RAID5",962.3,915.89,1155.37,1027.99,977.37,972.64
"4-Disk RAID6",876.8,871.64,885.67
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",1098.11,1100.37,1174.38,1170.37,1157.83
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",469.37,538.89,539.84,555.57,536.84,542.27
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",47.9,47.1,43.4,47.1,47.2,47.1
"2-Disk RAID0",70.3,81.8,53.2,89,57,96
"2-Disk RAID1",42.8,45.1,32.5,44.3,46.6,41
"4-Disk RAID0",210.2,117.3,86.3,106.4,177,117.4
"4-Disk RAID1",52.7,78.5,42.1,55.3,75.1,64.8
"4-Disk RAID10",58.6,66.1,91.7,54.6,59.1,63.7
"4-Disk RAID5",84,74.8,86.6,86,96.8,77.5
"4-Disk RAID6",56.9,57.3,51.8,63.4,73.6,42.9
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",294.3,369.7,323,424.4,297.4,417.9
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",23.6,23.6,23.2
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",117.5,52.5,41,58.6,46.6,50
"2-Disk RAID0",63.1,76.6,76.9,87.7,77.6,87.1
"2-Disk RAID1",63.1,24.2,30.4,135.8,45.8,56.8
"4-Disk RAID0",212.3,117.4,118.9,119.1,43,119.6
"4-Disk RAID1",144.3,60.9,109.6,44.8,61.1,50.7
"4-Disk RAID10",25.8,77.7,87.9,70.4,47.2,70
"4-Disk RAID5",92.7,83.1,84.4,33.9,113.1,89.8
"4-Disk RAID6",132,64.1,63.9,38.8,129.9,73.5
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",52.1,68.6,75.2,63.4,58.9,53.2
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",439.9,401.9,369,371.4,426.1,389.8
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",22.2,22.9,23
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",87.688,92.846,90.558
"2-Disk RAID0",154.334,107.533,123.176,92.827,124.815,152.581
"2-Disk RAID1",33.458,63.833,76.3,34.816,11.548,77.016
"4-Disk RAID0",172.955,159.334,173.89,160.727,173.883,161.061
"4-Disk RAID1",82.239,47.056,127.87,144.591,150.549,79.426
"4-Disk RAID10",150.831,141.36,78.646,123.685,60.848,142.258
"4-Disk RAID5",70.57,79.209,130.556,100.994,162.847,135.779
"4-Disk RAID6",97.712,90.647,152.344,83.894,96.88,88.027
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",82.269,154.516,90.334,88,101.545,105.359
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",348.991,338.957,330.073
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",148.695,149.713,148.833
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",237.79,235.368,251.232,251.234
"2-Disk RAID0",528.28,527.635,520.55
"2-Disk RAID1",340.709,322.571,330.688
"4-Disk RAID0",695.395,729.256,734.017
"4-Disk RAID1",202.304,335.781,199.674,364.161,252.224,250.15
"4-Disk RAID10",644.918,408.766,709.655,407.431,689.743,489.511
"4-Disk RAID5",673.761,677.856,684.704
"4-Disk RAID6",499.839,599.821,581.853,575.838,573.405,716.421
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",2.7227,2.5985,2.1357,2.3361,2.3598,2.2243
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",251.34,255.523,255.963
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",177.317,180.555,179.452
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s",
Higher Results Are Better
"Single Disk",88.984,92.914,93.242
"2-Disk RAID0",191.804,100.916,105.678,167.513,88.52,103.035
"2-Disk RAID1",18.638,57.89,65.258,90.528,55.407,9.7528
"4-Disk RAID0",165.129,158.442,182.331,116.685,179.645,158.912
"4-Disk RAID1",116.733,91.981,43.46,125.767,106.449,89.441
"4-Disk RAID10",132.651,67.474,51.314,154.299,68.404,147.621
"4-Disk RAID5",152.414,158.59,159.937
"4-Disk RAID6",124.07,154.372,60.777,122.501,126.852,128.088
"seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1",6.1735,6.2008,6.6536,6.0216,6.5835,6.0752
"4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4",143.177,149.792,154.22,149.54
"4.10.0-pangaia-ext4-hd-ordered",1.0915