xFAT bad for music production?

[adamsfan]

Hello friends and neighbors,

Storage dilemma:

My 1TB Windows 10 dedicated DAW xFAT-formatted computer has 20% free space left, which some say is the least you should have for proper functioning, so...

I just bought a 500 GB SSK external SSD (NOT the overheating model), which can be formatted either xFAT or NTFS . I want to download and install Komplete 15 select and UVI Synth Anthology 4 right onto the SSK, and possibly move my other sound libraries onto it.

Some producers insist xFAT is bad for this purpose, and it should always be formatted NTFS. But if I've had NO apparent problem with anything on my main xFAT computer, would it really be an issue leaving the external drive xFAT? Besides, wouldn't both drives have to have the same format for the sound libraries to be usable?

[x3000]

I think it's nonsense to format a Windows computer with exFAT, this also applies to your external drive, which apparently should only ever be used under Windows.

You won't notice any difference in speed. However, it always makes sense to use the standard file format, as it has been tested the most in connection with the operating system.

NTFS has some advantages:
- Journaling (and therefore the possibility of error correction)
- rights management, which has been standard for decades
- file encryption

exFAT is made for removable media, but only makes sense when switching between different operating systems (Win, Mac, Linux).