From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 00:37:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788F8106564A for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 00:37:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dirk.scheerlinck@telenet.be) Received: from winston.telenet-ops.be (winston.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408688FC0C for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 00:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from juliette.telenet-ops.be (unknown [195.130.137.74]) by winston.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 114A81BC8D3 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 01:25:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebsds4.WORKGROUP ([213.119.0.47]) by juliette.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id 2QRu1g00510qkPp06QRuPc; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:25:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4D476124.4030006@telenet.be> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:25:56 +0000 From: ds User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100630) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: ntfs-3g X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:37:18 -0000 Hello, I have installed ntfs-3g on freebsd 8.1 and even after tuning the ntfs-3g environment variables the writing speed from the ufs2-freebsd disk to a windows xp disk is only about 10 MB/s while writing to ext2 or ufs2 disks from the same brand and type is between 40 and 50 MB/s, so at least 4 times as fast. With slackware 13.1 and ntfs-3g the writing speed to the same windows xp disk is about 40 MB/s Are there any patches or alternatives to fix this problem in freebsd 8.1 ? Kind regards, Dirk Scheerlinck