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dogsatnight: trolololololo This accurately represents my day...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:59 -0500

dogsatnight:

trolololololo

This accurately represents my day today. Thanks frank!

NYC from Above: 1924 vs 2008.

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:06:48 -0500

NYC from Above: 1924 vs 2008.

john: shaneguiter: 1946 Saab 92001 Ursaab: The Original...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:23:51 -0500

john:

shaneguiter:

1946 Saab 92001 Ursaab: The Original Saab

Call me "The Operation".

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:01:00 -0500

Call me "The Operation".:

No, i don’t approve of this by any means, but this show is hilarious.

thedailywhat: Wedding Invitation of the Day: When computer...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:47 -0500

thedailywhat:

Wedding Invitation of the Day: When computer scientists get married, they naturally hire a designer to create an 8-bit wedding invitation inspired by old-school Atari games.

[via.]

Long day was long.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:23 -0500

Long day was long.

juliasegal: cut-c: 27″ iMac Wallpaper « iFixit Blog This...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:18:05 -0400

juliasegal:

cut-c:

27″ iMac Wallpaper « iFixit Blog

This is a funny desktop background to pwn people with.

Kinda want.

The Burger Lab: The Fake Shack

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:31:43 -0400

The Burger Lab: The Fake Shack

Ext4 & Reiserfs on SSD's.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:37:43 -0400

Some quick benchmarks on intel 160GB X25MG2 SSD’s.

kernel/CPU: 2.6.30-gentoo-r5-jba SMP x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz

8GB ram.

Reiserfs3 - mounted noatime,notail

Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
Version $Revision: 3.242 $
Compiled for 64 bit mode.
Build: linux-AMD64

File size set to 4194304 KB
Command line used: iozone -i 0 -i 1 -i 2 -i 8 -s 4g -T -t 8
Output is in Kbytes/sec
Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
Processor cache size set to 1024 Kbytes.
Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
File stride size set to 17 * record size.
Throughput test with 8 threads
Each thread writes a 4194304 Kbyte file in 4 Kbyte records

Children see throughput for 8 initial writers =   61101.19 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 initial writers   =   57125.55 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    7530.33 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    7807.92 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    7637.65 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 4045580.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 rewriters        =   74848.94 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 rewriters         =   71199.23 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    8963.19 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    9515.42 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    9356.12 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3957812.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 readers          = 158825.32 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 readers           = 158791.71 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   19193.56 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   20547.99 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   19853.17 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3918040.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 re-readers        = 158708.94 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 re-readers         = 158704.51 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   19120.12 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   20508.09 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   19838.62 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3910640.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 random readers    =   23774.80 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 random readers     =   23774.78 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    2926.13 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    3008.89 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    2971.85 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 4078960.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 mixed workload    =   28536.36 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 mixed workload     =   14926.81 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =     435.04 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    6711.12 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    3567.05 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 271916.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 random writers    =   15303.75 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 random writers     =   14034.36 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    1819.47 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    2029.91 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    1912.97 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3760396.00 KB

Impressive numbers for a single disk. Lets reboot and try ext4:

Ext4 - mounted noatime.

Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
Version $Revision: 3.242 $
Compiled for 64 bit mode.
Build: linux-AMD64

File size set to 4194304 KB
Command line used: iozone -i 0 -i 1 -i 2 -i 8 -s 4g -T -t 8
Output is in Kbytes/sec
Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
Processor cache size set to 1024 Kbytes.
Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
File stride size set to 17 * record size.
Throughput test with 8 threads
Each thread writes a 4194304 Kbyte file in 4 Kbyte records

Children see throughput for 8 initial writers =   85482.47 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 initial writers   =   80251.25 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   10531.94 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   10864.75 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   10685.31 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 4074460.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 rewriters        =   86177.18 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 rewriters         =   82111.56 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   10513.65 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   10934.69 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   10772.15 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 4034124.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 readers          = 204948.09 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 readers           = 204939.78 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   24093.42 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   26962.13 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   25618.51 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3748208.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 re-readers        = 204779.97 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 re-readers         = 204773.56 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =   24575.53 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =   26576.83 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =   25597.50 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3878512.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 random readers    =   24021.99 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 random readers     =   24021.97 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    2921.63 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    3147.33 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    3002.75 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 3893532.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 mixed workload    =   29208.05 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 mixed workload     =   17254.51 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =     600.59 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    6995.75 KB/sec
Avg throughput per thread                       =    3651.01 KB/sec
Min xfer                                        = 360140.00 KB

Children see throughput for 8 random writers    =   20168.78 KB/sec
Parent sees throughput for 8 random writers     =   18795.65 KB/sec
Min throughput per thread                       =    2435.23 KB/sec
Max throughput per thread                       =    2640.73 KB/sec

Avg throughput per thread                       =    2521.10 KB/sec

Min xfer                                        = 3878940.00 KB

In short, EXT4 kinda kicks reiserfs’s butt for standard IO benchmarks. I’ll update soon with some large directory/file benchmarks, where i think reiserfs is more likely to hold its own.

jooner: lovehaight: Salvador Dali walking his anteater. I...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:14:22 -0400

jooner:

lovehaight:

Salvador Dali walking his anteater. I should really take my anteater on walks more often…(via)

You’ve seen the ads on TV - It’s Disaster Porn.

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:24:26 -0400

You’ve seen the ads on TV - It’s Disaster Porn.

East hampton point, east hampton, ny

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:51:09 -0400

East hampton point, east hampton, ny

Masato Shimizu @ 15 East. NYC. Amazing sushi.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:16:00 -0400

Masato Shimizu @ 15 East. NYC. Amazing sushi.

High-line park. Nyc.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:04:00 -0400

High-line park. Nyc.

One of the stars of axis. http://axisofoversteer.com

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:02:21 -0400

One of the stars of axis.

http://axisofoversteer.com

It’s Mel!

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:03:19 -0400

It’s Mel!

Beginning to like the iphone camera. Venessa at Leon on 12th st....

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:11:47 -0400

Beginning to like the iphone camera. Venessa at Leon on 12th st. Manhattan.

Spotted in east hampton.

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:18:33 -0400

Spotted in east hampton.

The Manhattan Airport Foundation.

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:32:19 -0400

The Manhattan Airport Foundation.:

IRL Troll. Well done.

Jooner Bait. How did this never take off?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:44:25 -0400

Jooner Bait.

How did this never take off?