EXT4 Still Leads Over Btrfs File-System On Linux 3.8

Published on February 14, 2013
Written by Michael Larabel
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There are EXT4/Btrfs file-system performance changes here and there, but overall there aren't any exciting changes to note between these recent Linux kernel releases that are affecting the stock file-system performance from a high-end Intel SSD on Linux. Also worth pointing out though is that overall EXT4 is still the higher-performing file-system over Btrfs.

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