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Subject: Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS?
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:42:40 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:38:21 -0400, Paul wrote:
>
>> There is more than one NTFS driver now. There is one in kernel and one
>> in FUSE. They're different. From different sources.
>
> I think the kernel one is still lacking in features compared to ntfs-3g, 
> which is the FUSE-based driver.
>
> Some people automatically assume that a kernel-based driver is going to 
> offer better performance than one that runs in user space. But I can’t see 
> big enterprise shops, moving heavily into Linux, continuing to run 
> mission-critical workloads on NTFS volumes, let’s face it.

The fuse filesystem is fast, it just uses up a bit more CPU to get that
speed.