When you use Linux you have a choice as to which file system you wish to use, a choice that never occurs to most Windows users but can spark an argument every bit as vicious as the eternal debate over EMACS versus VIM versus whichever text editor you prefer. There has not been much SSD benchmarking done on alternate files systems until now, Phoronix has benchmarked the Intel 530 series SSD in numerous configurations on Btrfs, EXT4, XFS, and F2FS. With four of the 120GB model available they were able to test the speed of the drives in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 1+0. There is obviously still some compatibility issues as some tests failed to run in certain configurations but overall these drives performed as expected. While the results did not vary widely it is worth reading through their article if you plan on building a high speed storage machine which will run Linux.
"Following the recent Btrfs RAID: Native vs. Mdadm comparison, the dual-HDD Btrfs RAID benchmarks, and four-SSD RAID 0/1/5/6/10 Btrfs benchmarks are RAID Linux benchmarks on these four Intel SATA 3.0 solid state drives using other file-systems — including EXT4, XFS, and Btrfs with Linux 3.18."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung XS1715 (1.6TB) @ The SSD Review
- Angelbird SSD2go Pocket USB 3.0 External Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Silicon Power Thunder T11 120 GB @ techPowerUp
- Silicon Power Armor A80 2TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review @ NikKTech
- Patriot Memory Stellar Boost XT 64GB USB 3.0 OTG Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Synology DiskStation DS1815+ @ Legion Hardware
- Western Digital Red Pro (WD4001FFSX) 4 TB @ Tech ARP
GNU EMACS.
GNU EMACS.