NTFS

R.Wieser wrote:
Removed the "freeware" newsgroup, as the question is Windows only

Diesel,

You have to understand that NTFS isn't public/open source.
...
Changes in the NTFS file system are known to occur from time
to time. Some are larger than others, but, any is enough to make
a driver unsafe to use for writing.

Thanks for the warning. And yes, I was also assuming (mistaken, as it turns
out) that NTFS was a well-documented and unencumbered filesystem.

But I have to ask: As FAT32 is whoofully shortfalling in regard to being
able to handle the large disks of nowerdays (even a single Terrabyte drive
would easily exhaust all available drive letters), what filesystem would you
advice to use on Windows if-and-when someone would not like to be bound to
the OS ?

I could use a(n ofcourse Linux based) NAS, but would like to keep it locally
(don't really want to keep the NAS running when its not used, but have no
desire to switch on (and off) two machines just to be able to use a single
one).

FWIW, I have a Synology (DS115j) NAS and that can power down the drive
('HDD hibernation') when the NAS isn't accessed for a given time. When
the NAS is accessed again, the drive will again power/spin up.

Frank,

FWIW, I have a Synology (DS115j) NAS and that can power down
the drive ('HDD hibernation') when the NAS isn't accessed for a given
time.

I've heard good things about Synology (a friend of mine doesn't want to use
anything else).

The problem is that I actually remove power from my computers - and other
devices like printers and switches - by flipping the switch on a powerstrip
(*after* I've shut down the involved machines ofcourse :-) ).

Although I could imagine a setup where I automatically send a "shut down
now" to the NAS and have it power-up by WOL (also automatically), I would
not really like it when the shutdown either does not get generated (or for
some reason takes too long) and I bring it down hard (most likely involving
loss of data).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

In article , R.Wieser
wrote:


FWIW, I have a Synology (DS115j) NAS and that can power down
the drive ('HDD hibernation') when the NAS isn't accessed for a given
time.

I've heard good things about Synology (a friend of mine doesn't want to use
anything else).

overall, they're very good. there are some issues but nothing's perfect.

The problem is that I actually remove power from my computers - and other
devices like printers and switches - by flipping the switch on a powerstrip
(*after* I've shut down the involved machines ofcourse :-) ).

what for?

Although I could imagine a setup where I automatically send a "shut down
now" to the NAS and have it power-up by WOL (also automatically), I would
not really like it when the shutdown either does not get generated (or for
some reason takes too long) and I bring it down hard (most likely involving
loss of data).

a nas is designed to stay on all the time. the drives can be set to
hibernate if desired, although background processes on the nas can
sometimes prevent that. the nas can also be set to auto power-on/off on
a schedule (at least synology can).