Re: Experiences: Why BTRFS had to yield for ZFS

Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt <at> charite.de> writes:

* Casper Bang <casper.bang <at> gmail.com>:

quoted

Oracle (Unbreakable) Linux x64 2.6.39-200.29.3.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP

And the btrfs was that from vanilla 2.6.39 (i.e. over a year old)?

We're using the latest available kernel for our Oracle Unbreakable 
Linux 6.3 from Aug 28. We have no other option, since the Oracle database
software needs to run on a certified distro. I have no idea how to check 
the version Oracle actually compiles with, only the tools package has 
easy-to-grasp version info.

In any event, I would think it unlikely that the performance differences 
we see is the result of missing performance tweeks - we're talking an order 
of magnitude here and that smells of a design difference.