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Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 22, 2009 23:18 UTC (Thu) by sumC (subscriber, #1262)
In reply to: Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online) by giggls
Parent article: Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Performance wise it does have some advantages. Here is a brief benchmark between EXT4, EXT3, XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS on Ubuntu.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ub...


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Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 23, 2009 0:22 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

It appears these tests were all run on non-rotating storage. Perhaps that's the wave of the future, but the fact needs to be noted prominently. Tests using rotating storage would be more immediately helpful.

Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 24, 2009 18:25 UTC (Sat) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link]

There is a link to a rotating-storage test on the page.

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