Comments on: Tuxera NTFS vs Paragon NTFS Mac Benchmarks http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/ warning: this may suffocate Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Altman http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Robert Altman Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:13:15 +0000 http://www.codykonior.com/?page_id=371#comment-172 I can't add anything with respect to the test results; however, I would add one comment with respect to licensing: I recently got a new Mac. I am the sole user of both machines; the older machine is a hot stand-by (in case the newer one needs repair, etcetera). When I asked Paragon about having the NTFS for Mac installed on both machine (given that it is single-user, non-parallel use), they said it requited two licenses. Tuxera clearly states on their web site that the software is licensed to the user -- irrespective of how many Mac's they use. Tuxera is a little less clear on business use: they say you need one license for everyone in the company: it's hard to imagine that they expect me to purchase 10,000 licenses if I am the sole user of a Mac computer at a large corporation, so I suspect that the text on their product page was poorly worded. The products are comparably priced: about $31 (Tuxera) vs. about $40 (Paragon). At time of this comment, Paragon claims Snow Leopard 64-bit mode support, while Tuxera says they are not compatible with the purely 64-bit kernel. This may not be a significant concern unless you need to install this on XServe. I can’t add anything with respect to the test results; however, I would add one comment with respect to licensing:

I recently got a new Mac. I am the sole user of both machines; the older machine is a hot stand-by (in case the newer one needs repair, etcetera). When I asked Paragon about having the NTFS for Mac installed on both machine (given that it is single-user, non-parallel use), they said it requited two licenses. Tuxera clearly states on their web site that the software is licensed to the user — irrespective of how many Mac’s they use.

Tuxera is a little less clear on business use: they say you need one license for everyone in the company: it’s hard to imagine that they expect me to purchase 10,000 licenses if I am the sole user of a Mac computer at a large corporation, so I suspect that the text on their product page was poorly worded.

The products are comparably priced: about $31 (Tuxera) vs. about $40 (Paragon).

At time of this comment, Paragon claims Snow Leopard 64-bit mode support, while Tuxera says they are not compatible with the purely 64-bit kernel. This may not be a significant concern unless you need to install this on XServe.

]]> By: PowerPatrick http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-83 PowerPatrick Fri, 07 May 2010 18:21:25 +0000 http://www.codykonior.com/?page_id=371#comment-83 Well, I am aware of its unstability, and it have caused data loss and such, which at least could be recovered. But as everyone else, you can just place a clear warning about using it. Well, I am aware of its unstability, and it have caused data loss and such, which at least could be recovered. But as everyone else, you can just place a clear warning about using it.

]]> By: Cody Konior http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Cody Konior Thu, 06 May 2010 22:12:05 +0000 http://www.codykonior.com/?page_id=371#comment-80 Thanks. I didn't benchmark the native NTFS driver because it's written all over the net that it's so buggy it can cause extreme data loss. I guess the speed test would be interesting but I wouldn't want to encourage anyone to use something that's apparently so dangerous. Thanks. I didn’t benchmark the native NTFS driver because it’s written all over the net that it’s so buggy it can cause extreme data loss. I guess the speed test would be interesting but I wouldn’t want to encourage anyone to use something that’s apparently so dangerous.

]]> By: PowerPatrick http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-79 PowerPatrick Thu, 06 May 2010 20:50:03 +0000 http://www.codykonior.com/?page_id=371#comment-79 Hello Cody. Really great benchmarking! Well, I want you to update some of the results, because Snow Leopard does actually have a hidden native support for writing to NTFS file systems. I wanted to do the benchmarking myself, but haven't got the right time to do it. I think you will find the following interesting links interesting: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=199658&view=findpost&p=1346907 Hello Cody.

Really great benchmarking!

Well, I want you to update some of the results, because Snow Leopard does actually have a hidden native support for writing to NTFS file systems. I wanted to do the benchmarking myself, but haven’t got the right time to do it. I think you will find the following interesting links interesting:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=199658&view=findpost&p=1346907

]]> By: Daniel http://www.codykonior.com/tuxera-ntfs-vs-paragon-ntfs-mac-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Daniel Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:35:21 +0000 http://www.codykonior.com/?page_id=371#comment-60 Cody: that was an excellent job, congrats! I was looking for a 'serious' comparison between the 3. I tested NTFS-3G and Tuxera-NTFS. NTFS-3G is unbearably slow for writing large files (like 1080 mkvs that usually are 15-25 GB). Tuxera worked excellent for me, but I find it too much expensive (25EUR in Spain) for this kind of tool. From your results, Paragon NTFS 7 seems the best option in my case. I will ty it! Cody: that was an excellent job, congrats!
I was looking for a ‘serious’ comparison between the 3. I tested NTFS-3G and Tuxera-NTFS. NTFS-3G is unbearably slow for writing large files (like 1080 mkvs that usually are 15-25 GB).
Tuxera worked excellent for me, but I find it too much expensive (25EUR in Spain) for this kind of tool.
From your results, Paragon NTFS 7 seems the best option in my case. I will ty it!

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