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As everyone seems to be fixated on pendrives and FAT, consider also that virtually every Linux-based consumer-grade NAS needs to support R/W NTFS. Typically it
by puzzlingcaptcha 5y ago
As everyone seems to be fixated on pendrives and FAT, consider also that virtually every Linux-based consumer-grade NAS needs to support R/W NTFS. Typically it was through FUSE with considerable loss of performance/efficiency.
- tomxor 5y agoThe parent said "de facto filesystem for portable data storage", NAS for Windows is a very specific use case. For data portability, compatibility and wide adoption matters, and that is undoubtedly where FAT and it's variants rule.
- Denvercoder9 5y ago> consider also that virtually every Linux-based consumer-grade NAS needs to support R/W NTFS Do they? I don't think egress/ingress from external drives is an essential feature for consumer-grade NAS. Internal drives are typically formatted with a Linux-native filesystem and accessed through SMB/Samba from Windows machines.
- puzzlingcaptcha 5y ago> I don't think egress/ingress from external drives is an essential feature for consumer-grade NAS Is it not? I think most consumer NASes on the market support NTFS-formatted external drives (be that USB or eSATA) and need a r/w capable driver.