Is there a speed chart comparing NTFS and ext file systems?
just finished moving data from an NTFS (sda5 partition to a spare drive and then formatting the partition to EXT3 with gparted and then moved the data back across from the spare drive to the newly formatted partition (sda5). but before i did i (non scientifically) benchmarked the partition before and after the format with the same data copied back across after the format.
before as NTFS:
Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP Desktop 2G 10018 26 32232 7 11824 3 19638 45 30244 3 93.3 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 2652 5 12663 5 4661 5 3237 5 14359 10 4434 6 Desktop,2G,10018,26,32232,7,11824,3,19638,45,30244,3,93.3,0,16,2652,5,12663,5,4661,5,3237,5,14359,10,4434,6 and after as EXT3:
Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP Desktop 2G 17625 48 31046 8 12952 3 23815 52 32382 3 111.2 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 25847 46 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ Desktop,2G,17625,48,31046,8,12952,3,23815,52,32382,3,111.2,0,16,25847,46,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++ Source ntfs vs ext3 benchmarks
Further Reading
- On Benchmarking Popular File Systems (link to PDF)