Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera
Get fast, fail-safe embedded NTFS support
Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera is a commercial-grade file system implementation that brings built-in, high-performance support for Windows® NTFS™-formatted USB, SD™, HDD, and SSD storage media to any device. Our proprietary NTFS embedded driver powers over a billion devices worldwide and is compatible with all the major operating systems.
Why choose Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera
Incredibly smooth user experience
Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera features hardware acceleration, patented enhancements, and advanced optimizations to ensure maximum I/O throughput and high IOPS. Our commercial-grade file system implementation is 6X faster than open-source alternatives, ensuring an unmatched device responsiveness.
Outstanding reliability
We make sure that your videos, pictures, and other files are saved and that no data is corrupted if storage is suddenly removed, or power or battery is disconnected. Metadata, device integrity, and volume consistency is ensured in any of these events – making Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera a truly fail-safe solution.
Full interoperability
Tuxera's embedded software ensures your customers can use their portable, external storage media interchangeably with your device and others, no matter the operating system. Our NTFS solution is precision-tuned for the best performance on any platform, whether it’s Android™, Linux®, Tizen®, QNX®, Nucleus®, Windows® CE Embedded, or other proprietary RTOS deployments.
All Tuxera file system
implementations feature
Our cloud-based autobuild system ensures up-to-date, immediate software integration and delivery. Plus, our engineers are on call to help you through every stage of your product’s lifetime, including full integration support.
Our full implementation package comes with a built-to-spec, ready-to-run kernel module, all the file system and benchmarking tools you need, intensive device testing, our patented fail-safe technology, and full-service support.
Errors can cause data loss – or worse – damage device hardware. Tuxera file systems go beyond other alternatives to bring you volume check and repair tools to ensure file system consistency, fix corrupted volumes, and recover lost files.
All the software we build goes through extensive testing. We have our own state-of-the-art device testing lab where we test for interoperability, reliability, functionality, and performance.
Everything’s stored safe and sound. With Tuxera’s proprietary fail-safe technology, videos, pictures, and other files are saved during unexpected power losses or if the external storage is suddenly removed.
How Tuxera's NTFS solution performs
Read-write performance of USB 3.0 storage plugged into a router
Tuxera file systems versus open-source alternatives
Average effective speed during read
Average effective speed during write
Tested on ARM Cortex-A15 Processor / 512 MB RAM / Samsung SSD 840 PRO 256 GB, USB 3.0 / Windows client and Samba over 1 GbE.
Actual performance may vary based on software and hardware used.
Technical data and resources
Support for all NTFS versions
Version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 3.0 and 3.1, including XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10
Support for all storage types
eMMC, eSD, SD card, CF Card, UFS, memory stick, SSD, HDD via USB, SATA, eSATA, FireWire, MMC, and more
Support for all types of Microsoft Dynamic Volumes
Simple, spanned, stripped, mirrored, RAID-5
POSIX conformance and Windows filename compatibility
Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera supports UTF-8 file names, 32-bit Unicode/UTF-16 encoding, and DOS, Win32, and POSIX filename namespaces
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When to use Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera
The leading auto makers, Tier-1s, OEMs, and ODMs choose Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera. With low CPU use and memory footprint, Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera is suitable for embedded devices with limited memory and computing power that require high-speed data transfers.
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*Microsoft, Windows, and NTFS are the registered trademarks of Microsoft in the U.S and other jurisdictions. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Tizen is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation. Firefox OS is a trademark of Mozilla. Android and Chrome OS are trademarks of Google LLC. SD, microSD, and microSDXC are trademarks of SD Association.