> I had a google but didn't find anything. Anyone know of any > investigations trying to measure ntfs vs other *nix fss? I know that it > is a bit like comparing apples with oranges but might be nice.
NTFS is a variation of VAX/VMS' original filesystem. Internally at DEC it was known as ODS2 (On Disk Structure 2). NTFS is a simplified version of this, keeping the ACL and journaling abilites while eliminating some of the more useful (IMO) features - auto-versioning. As to comparing it...NTFS is a robust filesystem, but it's not usable under Linux...well fully usable. And under WinXX, the os limits it's usability. If you wish a real version, I suggest OpenVMS. As to performance, WinXX, in some versions, has this idle loop that limits all filesystem i/o performance. Personally, the more interesting filesystems are - BeOS, RiserFS, and XFS. But BeOS is still being re-implemented on Linux, thus is a bit raw at the moment. Bob -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
