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And from what I understand ReFS is also implemented on top of NTFS, but this time it's real, shipped code and meant to provide some of the features found in ZFS
by cm3 10y ago
And from what I understand ReFS is also implemented on top of NTFS, but this time it's real, shipped code and meant to provide some of the features found in ZFS to Windows users.
- WalterGR 10y agothis time it's real, shipped code WinFS was real. Before the project was cancelled, we released a beta and a "beta refresh" - both installable on XP. (Disclaimer: I was on the WinFS team.)
- frik 10y agoCan you tell us more about the "Live Journal" demo app? It looked like a killer app back then. Video (watch at 14:55): https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Shishir-Mehrotra-WinFS-beta-1-team-meeting https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Shishir-Mehrotra-... I tested WinFS beta2 on a high end WinXP PC (back then), WinFS beta was slow and the cool "Live Journal" demo app wasn't included.
- ygra 10y agoReFS provides the same filesystem APIs as NTFS, but the implementation does not depend on NTFS at all.
- cm3 10y agoCan you point me to a source? I've read conflicting articles on it and frankly I found it odd that they supposedly would layer ZFS-like features on top of NTFS.
- ygra 10y agohttps://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2012/01/16/building-the-next-generation-file-system-for-windows-refs/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2012/01/16/building-the-... At least I read it as »We took the API and a bunch of support infrastructure for that API and simply changed the storage engine on disk completely underneath that.«
- cm3 10y agoThanks, looks like a fork and I can also see why some of the text could be mistaken to mean it's reusing NTFS underneath.