The ReFS stands for Resilient File System. ReFS will be
introduced as a part of Windows Server 8 operating system. In a blog
post published by Windows 8 team, author
Surendra Verma talks about new features and how it is different than current
file system NTFS. Author also mentioned that this file system is designed from
ground up to meet today's and tomorrow's needs.
When you compare Windows PC and Apple operating system,
first thing I hear is how unreliable Windows is. Apple users talk about how
their system never crashes but I see Windows crashing all the time. I think
Windows 8 team's main focus is these problems. Windows 8 team's focus has been
data integrity, storage structure and so on.
Here is a list of key features of ReFS:
ReFS is rebuilt from ground up with keeping in mind today's
and tomorrow needs.
Written has written smartly. Windows 8 team talks about reusing
the code and kept it compatible. Blog reads, “This code implements the file
system interface (read, write, open, close, change notification, etc.),
maintains in-memory file and volume state, enforces security, and maintains
memory caching and synchronization for file data. This reuse ensures a high
degree of compatibility with the features of NTFS that we're carrying forward”.
I think of this way. The previous system
was written using C++ but the new system is written using C# J
ReFS has reliable and scalable on-disk structure using B+
trees and ACLs.
ReFS has a robust disk update strategy
ReFS is resilient to disk corruptions. No more blue screens.
I wish and data loss. I wish J
ReFS continues to have disk volume available even it fails.
ReFS has a reliable
and scalable on-disk structure. To me, it seems like we will see none or
less blue screens and other file system issues that we are used to seeing J
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