Re: NTFS-3G: Full Read-Write Open Source Linux NTFS Driver using FUSE

["Dmitri Nikulin" <dnikulin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/16/06, Jose timofonic <soytimofonico@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was quite surprised when a developer created a full
> read/write NTFS driver using FUSE. It's said to being
> twice faster than EXT3 and 20%-50% faster than
> commercial competitors, and he is using an userland
> layer (FUSE).

Let's be fair - it's only measuring the file creation/deletion, not
the IO throughput which is where a lot of jobs bottleneck. Also worth
noting it is implied as neither 64-bit nor endian clean, implying
something very bad about the development practices.

> Could this be useful for DragonFly too? They are using
> FUSE, but I'm not sure about the license compatibility
> (it uses the GPL license).

Once DragonFly *has* FUSE (or, as discussed, a FUSE->VFS compatibility
bridge), it should be simple enough to install this from pkgsrc (well,
assuming FUSE kits start appearing in pkgsrc). FreeBSD has a FUSE via
Ports, along with some existing file systems, and it's reasonable to
expect this kit to appear in Ports soon, provided it's actually
portable.

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Dmitri Nikulin

Centre for Synchrotron Science
Monash University
Victoria 3800, Australia

email: dnikulin@xxxxxxxxx