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Real Life File System Tests.

cp<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/linux-2.4.17.tar.gz<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/mnt/fs
(cd<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/mnt/fs && tar xfz<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/mnt/fs/linux-2.4.17.tar.gz)
rm -fr<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/mnt/fs/linux-2.4.17.tar.gz<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/mnt/fs/linux

___________ jfs _____ xfs ____reiserfs__ reiserfs____ ext3______ ext3______ ext3______ ext2___
___________ jfs _____ xfs ____reiserfs__ (notail)__(writeback)_(ordered)__(journal)___ ext2___
real 1m_23.683s 0m_36.143s 0m_35.545s 0m_19.582s 0m_25.984s 0m_25.152s 0m_34.794s 0m_21.498s
user 0m__4.930s 0m__4.890s 0m__5.080s 0m__4.900s 0m__5.110s 0m__4.860s 0m__5.030s 0m__4.580s
sys_ 0m__3.810s 0m__8.570s 0m__6.410s 0m__5.590s 0m__3.150s 0m__3.580s 0m__3.400s 0m__2.640s

reiserfs (with notail) wins EASILY (among journaling filesystems (the non-journaling filesystem, ext2, is close).

January 12, 2002 © Sergey I. Rotar

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