http://ioi.homelinux.net/~jnorthrup/filesystem%20benchresults.xls
http://ioi.homelinux.net/~jnorthrup/fsbench
Sorry, apache was being too helpful here...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "James Northrup" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <pml@xxxxxxxx>; <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx>; <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: Good, recent FS comparison?
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:33:18 -0800 James Northrup wrote:
late reply... but ...
this is a benchmark I performed for grins sometime about February using
two
PATA udma5 volumes as software raid0.
http://kiwi.io-informatics.com/~jnorthrup/filesystem%20benchresults.xls
the uname -a isn't anywhere to be found but it was circa 2.6.8
the script is rpesumably still useful, for an experienced data groomer.
http://kiwi.io-informatics.com/~jnorthrup/fsbench
Do you have a URL that works?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler" <pml@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Al Boldi" <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Linux RAID Mailing List"
<linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: Good, recent FS comparison?
>
> Al Boldi wrote:
>
>>Tyler wrote:
>>
>>>Ewan Grantham wrote:
>>>
>>>>I've just setup a nice, 6-disk, USB-2 300 Gig/disk array, and was
>>>>prepared to follow my normal pattern of installing ext3 as the
>>>>filesystem. However, I saw the interview with Hans Reiser about
>>>>ReiserFS4, and am now wondering if reiser has really improved enough
>>>>to use it, or if ext3 is still the way to go?
>>>>
>>>You'd be best off trying some tests of your own, using files of the
>>>size
>>>and quantity you expect to use on a regular basis. I would consider
>>>ext3, xfs, and reiser3/4... and run some tests with them. We've had
>>>really good luck using XFS on large raids, I personally had a bad
>>>experience with reiserfs 3, it lost data on a USB based drive, as if
>>>it
>>>were never even there, even after trying the recovery tools.
>>>
>>
>>Don't touch anything that doesn't do ordered-mode journaling,
>>especially
>>if you use raid, unless your data-consistency requirements don't
>>require
>>this.
>>
>>XFS is best, but does not support ordered-mode.
>>reiser4 is still new.
>>ext3 is rock-solid!
>>
>>--
>>Al
>>
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> Al... you've given us some "do's" .. can you give us some "why's" to go
> along with them? :) I would appreciate a run-down with some more
> specific
> info as to what/why.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler.
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