ReFS - Next Generation File System for Windows

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Author(s)/Presenter(s):

J.R. Tipton

Malcolm Smith

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Abstract

ReFS is a new filesystem for Windows that It is designed to be highly resilient and scalable, while being backward compatible with a s subset of NTFS features. ReFS has been described previously in the following blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/16/building-the-next-generati..., but this presentation will be a technical drill-down directed at the SDC audience of storage engineers, with more depth and detail than provided previously.

Learning Objectives

Understand the motivations behind some of the design choices for ReFS.
Understand when to use this filesystem in Windows 8, in terms of supported features and tested configurations