EXT4 "Fast Commits" Coming For Big Performance Boost In Ordered Mode

[down1]

Try something as simple as unzipping files, it's obvious.

Something with thousands of small files.

[caligula]

Linux FS or file-IO performance is generally known to be superior to Windows. Though I've never verified this myself using benchmarks, but AFAIK this is the current consensus.

Try something as simple as unzipping files, it's obvious.

[ultimA]

I noted that linux file systems generally are not efficient comparing them to how simple XP made the same operations when I used to run both it and linux operating system in dual boot. Linux operating systems have been struggled in hard drive operations and if it overtakes the whole RAM amount using swap file the slowdown becomes without any possibility the RAM comes back.

Linux FS or file-IO performance is generally known to be superior to Windows. Though I've never verified this myself using benchmarks, but AFAIK this is the current consensus.

[Volta]

I noted that linux file systems generally are not efficient comparing them to how simple XP made the same operations when I used to run both it and linux operating system in dual boot. Linux operating systems have been struggled in hard drive operations and if it overtakes the whole RAM amount using swap file the slowdown becomes without any possibility the RAM comes back.

What a freaking joke. Windows fs crawls even with Steam. Windows fs performance suck as hell.

[ferry]

I noted that linux file systems generally are not efficient comparing them to how simple XP made the same operations when I used to run both it and linux operating system in dual boot. Linux operating systems have been struggled in hard drive operations and if it overtakes the whole RAM amount using swap file the slowdown becomes without any possibility the RAM comes back.

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I wanted to see if passing the above text through The Scramblinator would make it more clear, but no.

[Azrael5]

I noted that linux file systems generally are not efficient comparing them to how simple XP made the same operations when I used to run both it and linux operating system in dual boot. Linux operating systems have been struggled in hard drive operations and if it overtakes the whole RAM amount using swap file the slowdown becomes without any possibility the RAM comes back.

[bezirg]

That sounds like a big performance boost, especially when taking into account that `data=ordered` is the default option of mounting ext4 filesystems. I am looking forward to a new round of Phoronix's FS benchmarks (particularly f2fs/btrfs/xfs/ext4) for linux 5.10!

[phoronix]

Phoronix: EXT4 "Fast Commits" Coming For Big Performance Boost In Ordered Mode

After being in development for more than one year, it looks like with Linux 5.10 there will be EXT4 fast commit support...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=EXT4-Fast-Commit-Queued