What is nTFS?

What is the difference between HFS and NTFS?

  • i just want to know the specs, is one faster? is one more compressed? what are the technical differences, I already know HFS is for mac, and NTFS is windows.

  • Answer:

    Have a look at Wikipedia for a comparison on the various file systems. Make sure to compare NTFS with HFS Extended, as it has replaced HFS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

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I am no expert in file systems but it seems to me that NTFS is definitely more complicated than HFS+ NTFS was using a Journaled File System since1993 HFS+ had Journaling added in 1998 NTFS is owned by Microsoft and their Operating system and NTFS have been designed in parallel NTFS uses the NTFS Log ($Logfile) to record metadata changes to the volume. This is where VSS (Shadow Copy) comes into play and allows System restore to function. Macs do not have System Restore Very difficult to find Benchmark comparisons This PDF shows HSF+ to be slower http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/pdf/berkeley-db-perf.pdf Apple has been the follower on File Systems NTFS is more advanced and faster.

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