[ale] Local File Storage options

[Jim Kinney]

Wasn't there a driver for ext3/4 created for windows? 

On August 2, 2019 2:19:44 PM EDT, Justin Goldberg via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Saved the comment below for posterity, since I saw you mention that the
>storage is local:
>A faster option compared to samba in Winder$ is iSCSI, but the iSCSI
>initiator on Windows (on both the client and server OS) only allows a
>single client to mount the iSCSI device. I don't know if that's part of
>the
>iSCSI standard. I have used in the past for faster network-based
>Windows
>Server Backups to Buffalo & netgear NAS'.
>
>Another thought is exFAT, which is a gray area as others have
>mentioned.
>Linux has a FUSE driver for it. Other options:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Reimplementations
>
>
>I have used FAT32 reliably on larger drives (I recall Windows Disk
>Management let me resize a slaved FAT32 partition to 500GB the last
>time I
>tried) but again, no journaling, DEFINITELY use a UPS (a bad idea for a
>laptop).
>
>ReFS has read only support but is abandoned by MSFT and is only
>supported
>on the Server OS AFAIK.
>
>ZFS on Windows is making progress, but it isn't stable yet. You have
>have
>some luck with these options [
>https://superuser.com/questions/289189/access-a-zfs-volume-in-windows]
>but
>I haven't tried them.
>
>There's been a need for awhile for a modern non-patent/license
>encumbered
>filesystem for local storage supported by every OS.
>
>
>On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 1:15 PM Calvin Harrigan via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>
>> On 8/2/2019 12:14, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> As pointed out by Neil, this is local storage, dual boot setup.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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