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Real-World Benchmarks of Ext4

Ashmash writes "Phoronix has put out a fresh series of benchmarks that show the real world performance of the Ext4 file-system. They ran 19 tests on Fedora 10 with changing out their primary partition to test Ext3, Ext4, Xfs, and ReiserFS. The Linux 2.6.27 kernel was used with the latest file-system support. In the disk benchmarks like Bonnie++ Ext4 was a clear winner but with the real world tests the results were much tighter and Xfs also possessed many wins. They conclude though that Ext4 is a nice upgrade over Ext3 due to the new features and just not improved performance in a few areas, but its lifespan may be short with btrfs coming soon."

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  1. ext2? by jon3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, no ext2 comparison? seems like a pretty glaring omission.

    1. Re:ext2? by Neotrantor · · Score: 3, Funny

      hey, why not a fat16 bench as well?

  2. Re:butterfs by Rinisari · · Score: 2, Funny

    u = e?

    better filesystem?

    I was being facetious, but I may actually be correct.

  3. Re:Short lifespan? I don't think so. by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    My prediction for what its worth is that ext4 will be around for a LONG time.

    Like... how long? Longer than it takes to fsck an 80GB ext2 filesystem? Because that's a pretty long time.

  4. Re:One filesystem to rule them all... by fracai · · Score: 5, Funny

    See, I already thought of that, so I run no fewer than 5 generations behind.

    I started at 1, but realized that soon this practice would become widespread and then I'd be back to being an early adopter. So I moved to 2 generations. But then a friend agreed with my plan and I saw that in not too very long I'd be an early adopter again with my 2 gen old system. Not this time! I skipped the 3 and 4 generation delay and went right to the 5 generation wait time. I figured it was the only way to be sure I wouldn't get hit by any bugs.

    Shoot, now the secret's out. Time to roll back my filesystem again.

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  5. Re:butterfs by Directrix1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I vote for butt rape filesystem.

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  6. Re:butterfs by CRCulver · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the new name for reiserfs.

  7. ReiserFS by thomasj · · Score: 5, Funny

    ReiserFS used to be the killer FS, but now it seems like it is stuck. But I shall not be the judge of that, though there seems to be some truth buried in it somehow. And not to mention, the next release is probably more than a few years down the road.

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    1. Re:ReiserFS by lwsimon · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd guess the next release of ReiserFS is 25 years to life down the road, actually.

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  8. Re:Short lifespan? I don't think so. by juan2074 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't have to fsck btrfs (Butterface)?

  9. Re:One filesystem to rule them all... by ookabooka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shoot, now the secret's out. Time to roll back my filesystem again.

    To what? Pencil and paper?

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  10. Re:butterfs by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    My nly prblm wth btrfs s tht t dsn't sv any vwls.

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  11. Re:butterfs by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgmmng.

  12. aah Ext4 by noppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Time to get a new wife

  13. Re:butterfs by dunkelfalke · · Score: 2, Funny

    i think it sounds rather solid, like a BTR file system

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  14. Re:Dumbest benchmarks ever by quintesse · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here

    Next time check his /. ID first ;)

  15. Spoiler alert: (ReiserFS KILLED them all !!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    When you want to go with something that leaves the others dead, go with ReiserFS. It's been proven in court to be 100% effective !!

    And it can retrieve data you thought lost forever, even dead bodies !!

  16. Re:One filesystem to rule them all... by compro01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pointy stick and a large beach.

    Just be aware of occasional data loss when the tide_in function gets called.

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  17. Re:butterfs by noob749 · · Score: 5, Funny

    hrm, i prefer ZFS (or as it is affectionately known - 'icantbelieveitsnotbttrfs')

  18. Re:butterfs by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's still in development... obviously not ready for production use.

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  19. Re:butterfs by Directrix1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Porn.

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  20. Re:Short lifespan? I don't think so. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You reboot your Linux computer?

  21. Re:butterfs by cp.tar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately I tend to think of it as "Beater Eff Exx".

    Now waiting for wfbtrfs, i.e. the wife-beater FS.

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  22. Is this the best you can do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Linux developers are PATHETIC.

    OSX + ZFS *FOR THE WIN*!

    Think different.
    Think better.
    THINK APPLE.

  23. Re:butterfs by Faw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now waiting for wfbtrfs, i.e. the wife-beater FS.

    Isn't that ReiserFS?

  24. Re:One filesystem to rule them all... by Kadagan+AU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obligatory xkcd about computing using rocks and sand..

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  25. The real problem with reiserfs by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real problem with reiserfs: vendor lock-in.

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    1. Re:The real problem with reiserfs by Lisandro · · Score: 2, Funny

      They'll end up burying the competition, you'll see!

  26. Re:Dumbest benchmarks ever by drspliff · · Score: 3, Funny

    The /. ID key overflowed, he's only been here a few days.