NTFS vs BTRFS please Ms new file system wanted


  1. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
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    NTFS vs BTRFS please Ms new file system wanted


    Hi there

    Isn't now about time that Ms started implementing a far more robust, faster and resilient file system with decent jounallinhg -NTFS has been around for so many years now that I'm amazed it is still the main FS for Ms.

    What's wrong with trying out some of the more modern file systems on say the Development builds on Windows insider (of course keeping the old for compatibility).

    Here's a BTRFS file copy - approx 47 GB 12 files approx 4GB each -- video files at approx 200 MB/s (not Mib/s please note). Beats file explorer any day.

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  2. Posts : 913
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    Here's a BTRFS file copy - approx 47 GB 12 files approx 4GB each -- video files at approx 200 MB/s (not Mib/s please note). Beats file explorer any day.
    some corrections
    12yo core2quad system, 2x sata ssd, 1x independent sata hdd, 4x sata hdd (old 5900 rpm) in raid

    ssd -> ssd: 350 MB/s
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    ssd -> hdd raid: approx. 240 MB/s
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    hdd raid layout
    compound raid 1+0 (two storage spaces mirrors, dynamic disk striped volume over them)
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    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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  4. Posts : 1,255
    Windows 10 Pro
       #4

    It is already possible to use BTRFS on a Windows storage drive. But if the goal is to install Windows on such a file system, that isn't so easy.

    Since Vista Windows can only be installed on NTFS and since then it has become ever more reliant on it. For good or bad it seems Windows is built around NTFS. It would require a lot of changes to Windows to install on another file system. This isn't something you can just "try out". There is also the matter of application compatibility. Many applications that require Vista and later will assume the OS is installed on NTFS and may break if it is not.
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