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Discuss ReFS and NTFS scenarios

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Discuss ReFS and NTFS scenarios

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- [Instructor] Let's review the formatting scenarios we have in Windows Server 2019. When we go to format a drive we're presented with a few different options. The first one is NTFS, and that stands for New Technology File System. The second one is ReFS or Resilient File System. Now, the third one is exFAT, and we're not going to discuss that much in this video because it's really a compatibility with Linux and Unix computers, which is rarely used. Let's take a deeper look at NTFS. It is older technology came out with Windows NT 3 back in the 1990s, but it is constantly being updated with every new version of Windows Server, NTFS is also updated with it. It is most compatible with applications. If you need to install an application, NTFS is your best bet. However, newer or updated applications are also becoming compatible with ReFS as time goes on. NTFS is faster than ReFS. So if you're looking for the best speed than NTFs is it. Let's now take a look at ReFS. It is newer, but slower.…

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