Microsoft Announces ReFS, a New Filesystem For Windows 8 459
bonch writes "Microsoft has shared details about its new filesystem called ReFS, which stands for Resilient File System. Codenamed 'Protogon,' ReFS will first appear as the storage system for Windows Server and later be offered to Windows clients. Microsoft plans to deprecate lesser-used NTFS features while maintaining 'a high degree of compatibility' for most uses. NTFS has been criticized in the past for its inelegant architecture."
My preview of ReFS (Score:5, Funny)
Not only is this good for Windows system, but overall network architecture.
Re:My preview of ReFS (Score:5, Funny)
After my initial tests, I must say that ReFS is incredible advangement. ReFS supports named streams, object IDs, short names, compression, file level encryption (EFS), user data transactions, sparse, hard-links, extended attributes and quotas. It is basically all the best filesystems compiled into one.
Not only is this good for Windows system, but overall network architecture.
and of course will be an open standard(Sarcasm Alert)
Starts with 'R' (Score:5, Funny)
This is a bad idea.
Now we can count on some guy named 'Hans Resilient" to be tried and found guilty of murder.
My Preview of Cold Fusion Reactors (Score:4, Funny)
After my initial tests
Wait, what? From the article:
Officially named ReFS — for Resilient File System — the new file system will be made available via a staged “evolution,” according to a January 16 post on the “Building Windows 8 blog.
So you're saying something that was just announced and will be made available via a staged evolution has already been tested by you? Impressive!
It is basically all the best filesystems compiled into one.
Thanks for summing it up for me there, bud. I didn't realize it was the greatest goddamn filesystem I could imagine, why didn't you just say "Imagine what your dream filesystem will be able to do, this is it." I wonder though, will it have the homicide capacity of ReiserFS?
This reminds me of my initial tests of cold fusion. I must say that cold fusion is incredible dvangement. Cold fusion supports providing us with unlimited power from a glass of water, it prints money, it gives the user eternal life, it allows the user to travel faster than the speed of life and -- when activated -- attractive women jump out of the core reactor demanding money shot after money shot.
Re:My preview of ReFS (Score:5, Funny)
End users: We still live in a world of 8.3 filenames. Sorry. Till the last PC is burned in a bonfire...
You know what would be a funny graph of google data? How many are still serving up .htm files instead of .html files vs year.
20 years from now my grandkids are going to have to answer on Jeopardy why computer filenames are still in a 8.3 filename format.
You gotta be kidding me?! (Score:5, Funny)
Today, NTFS is the most widely used, advanced, and feature rich file system in broad use.
If this is true...it's a very sad world we live in...
Re:linux driver (Score:5, Funny)
There's already no Linux driver for it... so does that mean you're going to switch? And if someone makes a Linux driver will you switch back to not using it?
Warning (Score:5, Funny)
If you're married to "Hans Resilient", you'll want to start running now.
More things to patent.... (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like they're due for a refresh so they can get some new patents on their filesystem to make sure all the device makers need to continue to pay them money.