I once tested the speed at which different file systems on my 64 GB Transcent are USB stick. For this I've formatted the stick, each with the appropriate file system and then copied my NetBeans project directory with a lot of source code and libraries in sync with the stick and ensure that it was written. Then delete the directory again, again and sync on it copied a second time. Find results with times in minutes: seconds:
| file system | Copy 1 | Delete | copy 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReiserFS | 1:17 0:06 1:14 | ||
| XFS | 2:20 0:27 2:15 | ||
| EXT3 | 3:10 0:08 3:03 | ||
| EXT2 | 3:13 0:19 3:26 |
As you can see ReiserFS is much faster than the others. Too bad that Hans Reiser is now in jail.
