Benchmarks of COW directory copies and removal in [:cowbuilder: cowbuilder].

Details

The number in the copy column was generated using:

time sudo cp -al /var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow /tmp/new

and in the remove column:

time sudo rm -rf /tmp/new

computer

copy

remove

computer details

pc232

16.1

18.2

Intel Core 2 Duo, /dev/sda1 (10GB, xfs, 80% full), running Debian sid, i386

august

9.3

10.9

Intel Core 2 Quad, /dev/sda1 (20GB, xfs, 20% full), running Debian sid, i386

dakol

0.48

0.5

AMD Athlon 64 3800+, /dev/sda7 (135GB, xfs, 32% full), running Debian sid, amd64

fuji

13.9

16.4

Intel Core Duo, /dev/sda1 (14GB, xfs, 33% full), running Debian sid, i386