Tweak EXT4 mount options for performance «

Need to change default EXT4 mount options to tweek performance

DEFAULT EXT4 mount options (Centos 6.3):

[root@server ~]# cat /etc/fstab<br /><br />
dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults 0 1

1 2	[root@server ~]# cat /etc/fstab dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults 0 1

… meaning …

[root@server ~]# cat /proc/mounts | grep ext4<br /><br />
/dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,relatime,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

1 2	[root@server ~]# cat /proc/mounts \| grep ext4 /dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,relatime,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

CHANGE it (/etc/fstab) to:

dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,noatime,nouser_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro 0 1

1	dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,noatime,nouser_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,errors=remount–ro 0 1

EXPLANATION:

noatime – don’t modify last access time on folders and files (not needed)
nouser_xattr – don’t write extended user atributes (not needed)
barrier=0 – turn off write barriers, improved write speed on CloudSigma SSD storage by 300% !!!
data=ordered – default, no change really
errors=remount-ro – if errors, remount FS in read only mode (not performance, but very important)

Tweak EXT4 mount options for performance