ext3 =ext2 + journaling,so i just use ext2 on my laptop.....
# Master System
* default/unpatched Redhat EL3-Workstation
* Intel S875WP1E Motherboard - 800FSB
* Intel P4-2.8G - 800FSB - 512KB L2 cache
* 1GB or 2GB of PC-3200 DDR-333 memory
* 80GB Seagate Master disk = /dev/hda
* 80GB Seagate Target disk = /dev/hdc --> target filesystem to be tested
# Test Process
* Partition table is kept constant during these test (partitioned w/ fdisk only once)
* Format the Target disk with the test Filesystem
* Copy the Master Disk filesystem to the Target Disk
* Do multiple kernel compile on the Target Disk filesystem
Test1 - 3 passes
o 1GB of memory
o It takes longer to write data on each succesive pass
Test-10 -- 10 passes
o Only the kernel compiles were done on the Target disk, Master disk was unchanged
o Script was changed, start/end time fo formatted not displayed
o It takes longer to write data on each succesive pass -- bad --
o XFS seems to be immune to delays in successive passes
* These kernel compiles Tests ( T1 and T2 ) were done by:
o Format the Target Disk w/ the target filesystem to test
o install RH-EL3 onto the target filesystem and boot it
o do 10 kernel compile passes after booting the target filesystem
T1 -- 4 passes on 1st Master identical as 2nd Master
o 1st kernel compile pass takes the longest
T2 -- 4 passes on 2nd Master identical as 1st Master
o 1st kernel compile pass takes the longest
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Summary: Ext2 vs Ext3 vs ReiserFS vs JFS vs XFS
Formatting
Test1 T10 T1 T2 <<--- Different Tests
Ext2 :38 :39 :40 :40
Ext3 :39 :41 :42 :41
ReiserFS :07 :07 :07 :06
JFS :02 :02 :02 :01 ==> 10x faster formatting
XFS :02 :02 :02 :02 ==> 10x faster formatting
Data-Copying
Test1 T10 T1 T2 <<--- Different Tests
Ext2 7:54 . 7:40 6:30
Ext3 10:42 . 10:30 9:22 ---> ext3 is generally slow for copying