MySQL benchmarks

It's now time for some database testing.

The first one is about creating and populating a MySQL database with 1 (one) million rows, using sysbench oltp prepare benchmark. Who is the faster between XFS and EXT4?

EXT4 vs XFS

Both filesystems are very fast here.

What about executing queries? First, the simpler (read-only) ones:

EXT4 vs XFS

… and the complex, (transactional, read-write) ones:

EXT4 vs XFS

In Sysbench MySQL test we have a tie.

Will mysql-bench confirm these results? Let's see the overall result first:

EXT4 vs XFS

...and then the detailed ones:

EXT4 vs XFS

Yes, we can confirm that EXT4 and XFS have identical performances when working with MySQL databases, at least on this high-end PERC H700 RAID controller.