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Microsoft Announces ReFS, a New Filesystem For Windows 8

Posted by timothy on from the comes-with-striped-shirt dept.

bonch writes "Microsoft has shared details about its new filesystem called ReFS, which stands for Resilient File System. Codenamed 'Protogon,' ReFS will first appear as the storage system for Windows Server and later be offered to Windows clients. Microsoft plans to deprecate lesser-used NTFS features while maintaining 'a high degree of compatibility' for most uses. NTFS has been criticized in the past for its inelegant architecture."

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  1. When NTFS was introduced... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ... it was hyped, among other things, as a file system that would never need to be defragmented.

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    I have to wonder how much of the pre-release ReFS hype will prove to be true in the coming years.