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Most of these aren't used frequently. I imagine they will make a reappearance in ReFS2 if required
by hp50g 14y ago
Most of these aren't used frequently. I imagine they will make a reappearance in ReFS2 if required
- gecko 14y agoHuh? Sparse files are used extensively by Hyper-V for disk images. You really want them--especially on Windows Server, which is the only platform with ReFS right now. The base Windows install uses symbolic links to unify things like "Documents"/"My Documents" and other key areas, without which legacy programs will not work properly. I cannot comment on other Windows deploys, but I'll add that my team uses symbolic links heavily on NTFS both in development and production, and that the plethora of articles on adding a link command back to PowerShell seems to imply we're not that weird. And at least SQL Server uses NTFS transactions for its magic. Maybe ReFS2 adds these back, but they will absolutely be missed.
- cnvogel 14y agoThe article is talking about removing hard links, not soft links.
- hp50g 14y agoThat's still NTFS territory. ReFS seems more appropriate for large scale file serving and/or volume flexibility. As for all the symbolic links, they all still work. They're only there for compatibility reasons and will disappear at some point (WinSxS is a worry though).