On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Freeman <eve...@worldwidehtml.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 07:20:04PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 06:50:12PM +0000, Russell Gadd wrote: > > > > > > Should I go NTFS now for my data files? (keeping the main Lenny root > > > filesystem on an ext3 partition). > > > > Just my experience but: > > > > 1) VFAT is a terrible filesystem with all sorts of restrictions, not > least > > filesize and encoding issues. > > 2) NTFS (using ntfs-3g) performs terribly on Linux. The FUSE driver is > > slow, and this makes data transfer a very lengthy affair. No idea > > about reliability, but I think it's better than it was and I've not > > run into issues myself. > > > > Note that there's a third option: EXT2. > > > > Ext2 obviously works very well on Linux. Using the EXT2IFS driver for > > Windows, you can use Ext2/3 filesystems on Windows as well. > > http://www.fs-driver.org/ > > > > In casual observations I hadn't noticed that. Never tested it. However no > large transfers between ext3 and NTFS ever got my attention as particularly > slow or fast. > > I use NTFS on a shared storage partition and two usb drives but not on > Linux > specific data partitions. > > -- > Kind Regards, > Freeman > > http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ Hey, As someone who has most of there data on ntfs partitions (left over from when I switched from windows), I can say that the current ntfs-3G driver is fine, all my music etc is on the ntfs volumes and I don't notice any high CPU usage in normal operation. Though, when moving large amounts of data (a few gig's) or having rhythmbox rebuild my library (stored on a ntfs disk) it can take upto 30% ish of one core (quad core system). The main problem with using ntfs with linux is that it tends to get quite badly fragmented, and I dont enjoy having to sit in windows for some time while it sorts itself out. But when it comes down to raw performance I have no real complaints, moving data around seems faster than under windows, but ymmv. In the end, if you need to share data between a linux partition and a Windows one NTFS is a fine choice, and has performed fine for me. Regards, Angus.
