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Zstd Compression For Btrfs & Squashfs Set For Linux 4.14, Already Used Within Facebook Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 8 September 2017 at 03:50 PM EDT. 13 Comments As we've been expecting, Zstd compression for Btrfs is coming with the Linux 4.14 along with Zstd support in SquashFS. Zstd/Zstandard was developed at Facebook and offers compression similar to zip/gzip but with faster sp
Facebook Looking To Add Zstd Support To The Linux Kernel, Btrfs Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 4 August 2017 at 05:48 PM EDT. 45 Comments Zstd (also known as Zstandard) is a lossless data compression developed by Facebook that has been open-source since last year. This BSD-licensed compression algorithm aims to offer compression similar to zip/gzip but with faster speeds both for co
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Gzip 1.7 Released With Synchronous & Rsyncable Options Written by Michael Larabel in GNU on 28 March 2016 at 10:03 AM EDT. 2 Comments Gzip 1.7 was released this morning with two new features. New to Gzip is a --synchronous option for forcing fsync usage when outputting data for greater reliability, but obviously at the cost of slower performance. Gzip 1.7 also has a --rsyncable option when compres
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SQLite 3.14 Released With CSV Virtual Table Support Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 8 August 2016 at 01:24 PM EDT. 3 Comments SQLite 3.14 is now available as the newest version of this popular, cross-platform, embed-able SQL database software. New to SQLite 3.14 is CSV virtual table support, which allows reading comma-separated value files. The CSV virtual table can then be interact
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The Performance Impact Of Turbo Boost On Linux Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 28 February 2016 at 10:25 AM EST. 21 Comments After the tests this weekend of Intel Hyper Threading and core scaling with the new Intel Xeon E3 "Skylake" processor, I proceeded to do some Turbo Boost benchmarking. Namely, I ran a set of open-source Linux benchmarks when the Xeon E3 1280 v5 was running in its defa
Hyper Threading Performance & CPU Core Scaling With Intel's Skylake Xeon Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 27 February 2016 at 12:34 PM EST. 10 Comments As some extra benchmarks following this week's 9-Way Intel Xeon E3 v5 Skylake Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux, some Phoronix Premium readers wanted to see how well Hyper Threading worked for these latest-generation Xeon E3 processors and the core
XFS File-System Has Many Changes For Linux 3.18 Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Storage on 13 October 2014 at 01:35 PM EDT. Add A Comment Dave Chinner sent in the XFS feature pull request for the Linux 3.18 kernel. Changes for the XFS file-system with Linux 3.18 include: - Various cleanups - Log recovery debug hooks - Seek hole/data implementation merge - Extent shift rework to fix collapse ra
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Intel Makes Major Zlib Performance Improvements Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 26 November 2013 at 02:05 PM EST. 7 Comments Intel's Open-Source Technology Center has prepared a set of thirteen patches against Zlib to sharply improve the deflate performance. Jim Kukunas of Intel OTC published the set of 13 patches on Monday that include medium and quick deflate strategies, a faster hash fun
SQLite Now Faster With Memory Mapped I/O Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 21 May 2013 at 04:31 PM EDT. 5 Comments SQLite 3.7.17 was released yesterday. What makes this new release of the popular lightweight SQL database software noteworthy is that it introduces support for memory-mapped I/O. Rather than using read/write system calls for dealing with database disk files, SQLite 3.7.17
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