Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ext3 vs Reiserfs benchmarks

[Andreas Dilger]

On Jul 12, 2002  11:26 -0600, [e-mail] wrote:
> I compared reiserfs with notails and with tails to
> ext3 in journaled mode about a month ago.
> Strangely enough the machine that was being
> built is eventually slated for a mail machine.  I used
> postmark to simulate the mail environment.
> 
> Benchmarks are available here:
> http://labs.zianet.com
> 
> Let me know if I am missing any info on there.

Yes, I saw this benchmark when it was first posted.  It isn't clear
from the web pages that you are using data=journal for ext3.  Note
that this is only a benefit for sync I/O workloads like mail and
NFS, but not other types of usage.  Also, for sync I/O workloads
you can get a big boost by using an external journal device.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
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