For the last month or so. There has been a debate amongst, my peers and I, on which is the better file system on Linux and how to benchmark and test it. So digging through my back log of emails I notice that Linux Magazine was running a series on the this some topic. So I thought I would sure.
Lies, Damn Lies and File System Benchmarks
Metadata Performance of Four Linux File Systems
Metadata Performance Exploration Part 2: XFS, JFS, ReiserFS, ext2, and Reiser4