[ale] Local File Storage options

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Jim K's options are all very good.

At work, I usually build a Linux file server and install Samba for the Windows servers. The Linux servers access the shares via NFS.

I went the easy way for home and got a QNAP NAS (Synology is also good) so that I can access all of my files on Windows and Linux. FreeNAS, QNAP, Synology, etc... are great multiprotocol file servers.

/Raj

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Calvin Harrigan via Ale
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 12:15 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] Local File Storage options

Hi all,

     I've found myself in a situation where I need to share several large partitions on a single machine across Windows 10 and Linux (ubuntu
18.04)

What would be the best filesystem option for sharing read/write access to these partitions?  I thought about using NTFS with ntfs-3g under linux, but because of the proprietary nature of NTFS, I'm reluctant. I'm afraid of catastrophic filesystem failure in the event of a driver error.  Is VFAT(fat32) a viable option?  It officially has a limit of 32GB, though I know it can go as high as 2TB.  It offers no features of a modern filesystem though.  EXT4 doesn't have a practical driver based solution for windows.  There are programs like Ext2Fsd, but I have the same issues with it as I do with ntfs-3g.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Thanks


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