A file system is born

Charles, are you going to talk to any architects about this one that is any Going deep shows on ReFS  ?

Now benchmark it against ZFS/BtrFS/etc. !

I mean, it sounds like facinating technology and all, but we need a comprehensive comparision of existing competing technology to understand its position in the real world.

Are there any plans for a ReFS "Lite" for client systems in the future? Perhaps more importantly would this make any sense in terms of pottential benefits over NTFS running on a client? 

The Article wrote

ReFS will be introduced only as part of Windows Server 8, which is the same approach we have used for each and every file system introduction.

@Ian2: I read that as server first, then client.

 

Herbie

@Dr Herbie:Yes, thanks #speedreadfail

but it will ship w/ Windows 8  beta... and presumably Windows 8, right? #confused

@Minh: Since Vista Server and client share the same Kernel, but I think this will be switched off client side.

6 hours ago, CaptainOblivious wrote

Charles, are you going to talk to any architects about this one that is any Going deep shows on ReFS  ?

When I first saw this I thought Bill Gates had used his above the law bullsh1t to bust Hans out of California State Prison to resurrect RFS. It's all owned by Attachmate now.

I am actually glad NTFS is going. This time please make the file system spec an open publication so we don't need all sorts of $1000+ software for cross system compatibility. In other words, let people develop FS drivers for it for other systems at no cost for the greater good.

@1____1: Feeding time is it?

i dont think this is an replacement for ntfs ... Its more like an add-on ...

Is ReFS compatible with NTFS in that a NTFS driver could mount a ReFS volume?

 

@Bass:

I don't think so because ReFS doesn't support all NTFS features. If you can mount it and use the missing feature, that would be terrible.

I ran across the slashdot.org topic. How can so many fools belong to the same site? Their voting system is completely useless for filtering comments. If I was in charge, I would make the users pass a "have you even RTFA test" before I would let them comment.

-Josh

19 hours ago, blowdart wrote

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Going? Not sure. Why would you be running ReFS in a laptop?

Why not? Smaller footprint than NTFS (subset)... self-correcting data... why wouldn't you want it on your laptop?

22 hours ago, vesuvius wrote

@Minh: Since Vista Server and client share the same Kernel, but I think this will be switched off client side.

So, the blog post said it's shipping w/ W8 Beta, in production-quality, no less, therefore, it's safe to assume it'll be there when W8 RTM. I'm not sure what they meant by server-client-boot drive schedule... Unless Secretsky just let lose that Server 8 is coming out before W8?