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RN42600 - EXT4 vs. NTFS for OS6 usb backup
Hello friends, the title says it all. I read that EXT4 is faster and more efficient than NTFS. On the other hand, it would be difficult to use with the PC unless I added a driver that isn't guarante...
It's been a while since I tested this, but back in OS 6.5.0 firmware they switched to different NTFS drives in the NAS. That increased performance to ~95 MB/s.
My advice is to use NTFS - a backup that is hard to read on your other devices isn't worth much.
Note that you can use rsync to get incremental backups to your USB drive. The trick is to set the source up as "remote", and use 127.0.0.1 for the IP address.
Well you could give NTFS a try and see if the performance is fine for what you need and if it's not reformat to EXT4 and give that a try.
USB performance does vary a bit depending on the NAS model, USB disk model, filesystem etc.
Hey mdgm, thanks for the reply.
Yeah that is exactly what I'm doing. I'm running a backup from a share on the NAS to a WDPassport 2TB through the front usb port using NTFS, and it's taking a while.
I'm just wondering if anybody has done any kind of comparison study between the two for these purposes. If necessary I'll do my own.
I'm also wondering if anybody has any experience with the EXT drivers available. I'm in Win7 Pro.
Again, thanks for any and all discussion/advice.
Ken
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