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EXT4 for Linux 6.16 Brings a Change Yielding "Stupendous Performance"

a year ago
  • #EXT4
  • #Linux
  • #Performance
  • EXT4 file-system changes for Linux 6.16 include performance improvements.
  • Key improvements: fast-commit performance, multi-fsblock atomic write support for bigalloc, and large folio support for regular files.
  • Large folio support shows a 37.7% improvement in FS-Mark benchmark.
  • Ted Ts'o highlights the significant performance boost from large folio support.
  • EXT4 optimizations are part of an exciting cycle for file-system improvements in Linux.
  • Other file-systems like Bcachefs, Btrfs, and XFS also see performance enhancements.