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Between EXT4 and XFS which file system is better when an application uses multiple threads to read/write large amount of small files on a SSD. From what I read

In general, Ext3 or Ext4 is better if an application uses a single read/write thread and small files, while XFS shines when an application uses multiple read/write threads and bigger files

kumar
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Both EXT4 and XFS are very fast in small file handling. EXT4 is faster for single thread operations, while XFS scales better when using multiple threads/cores.

You can read more in RedHat documentation.

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