XTuga Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 If I try access read/write a NTFS disk on Mac OS X will I get the same speed/performance than using a disk in HFS+ format?There will be in having a NTFS disk and share it between both OS (W10 and Mac OS X)?Note: Tuxera NTFS is the sw I use to write in NTFS disks.[i'm making the questions since I prefer have a large 4TGb disk that I can share between my Mac OS X and my Windows 10, instead of having 2 disks in difference formats. Disk will be connected via SATA 6Gb] Ex - Option 11) M.2 SATA Samsung Evo 512Gb - HFS+ [Mac OSX 10.10.5]2) SSD Samsung Evo 256Gb - NTFS [Windows 10]3) Seagate Barracuda 4Gb - NTFS [All the content] Ex - Option 2 1) M.2 SATA Samsung Evo 512Gb - HFS+ [Mac OSX 10.10.5]2) SSD Samsung Evo 256Gb - NTFS [Windows 10]3) Seagate Barracuda 2Gb - HFS+ [mac OS X content] 3) Seagate Barracuda 2Gb - NTFS [Windows 10 content] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherDave Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It's four (!) years old at this point, but not according to this: http://girlyngeek.blogspot.com/2011/08/comparison-of-ntfs-drivers-for-mac-os-x.html The short version is: For single files, NTFS is as fast as HFS+, unless you're using the 4-year-old version of Tuxera (I didn't see them mention which version specifically), in which case it's a bit slower. For directories, NTFS is *abysmally* slow compared to HFS+, unless you're using the 4-year-old version of Tuxera, in which case it's slightly less abysmal. There's a third option as well: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-read-mac-formatted-drive-windows/(The title is misleading... their "4th way" is to reformat the drive so that Windows can natively read it.) And of course the fourth option is to get a NAS server and store your content on that, but that feels like cheating... and spending lots of money... (boo) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2162932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 hello never use any no native rw formats in any OS.. if u depend any third part software to do that .. only hope big problems .. good hack 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2162940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 You could use exFat as it's natively supported on both sides. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2163015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I only have bad experiences with exfat on OS X (Mavericks). Never used it again after that. Hope it's fixed. My external hard disk kept getting its boot sector corrupted and I had to reboot into windows and manually repair it via cmd chkdsk every couple of days. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2163244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 It's fixed. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2165264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTuga Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Since I don't find any updated information I end up to do myself some tests and get some conclusions.Here is the post I made to share my findings: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/308077-file-system-speed-test-hfs-ntfs-extfat-fat32/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307735-ntfs-vs-hfs-performancespeed/#findComment-2168214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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