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Microsoft is testing ReFS for new Windows 11 installs
- replete 1y agoI found around 6-15% performance improvement in build times after implementing DevDrive (mounted VHD) on Windows machines, which uses ReFS. Deleting huge folders was also perceivably faster.
- hulitu 1y ago> Microsoft is testing This is a contradiction in terms. Microsoft doesn't test anything. Always the user has to do it.
- justapassenger 1y agoMicrosoft is undisputed leader in backwards compatibility for their OS, while running on near infinite amount of hardware. Testing is large part of why they can do that.
- cors-fls 1y agoI have been made aware of ReFS thanks to the "Dev drive"[1] technology in Win11. ReFS is apparently particularly suited to store source code and code artifacts for dev workloads. I have been using it (dedicated DevDrive partition) for some time but performance improvement are subtle and not easily visible without measurements. Which I haven't done. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/
- myrandomcomment 1y agoIIRC, because I am old, NT 3.1/3.51 supported HPFS from OS/2. Now get off my lawn.