EXT4 File-System Tuning Benchmarks
This wasn't an exhaustive test of the EXT4 file-system mount options but the main tunables that could impact the performance. Other EXT4 mount options are available via the EXT4 documentation.
The data=journal method most commonly slowed down the file-system performance.
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