ReFS (Resilient File System)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf file format
gptkbp:capacity 35 PB (petabytes)
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Windows_10_Pro_for_Workstations
gptkb:Windows_11_Pro_for_Workstations
gptkb:Windows_Server_2012
gptkb:NTFS_extended_attributes
gptkb:Windows_Server_2016
gptkb:Windows_Server_2019
file compression
booting Windows
disk quotas
Encrypting File System (EFS)
gptkbp:defaultClusterSize 4 KB
gptkbp:designedFor data integrity
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Microsoft
gptkbp:fileSystemDriver refs.sys
gptkbp:firstReleased gptkb:Windows_Server_2012
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ReFS (Resilient File System)
gptkbp:introducedIn 2012
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion 3.x (as of 2024)
gptkbp:openSource no
gptkbp:RAM 35 PB (petabytes)
gptkbp:replacedBy NTFS (in some scenarios)
gptkbp:supports data deduplication
integrity checking
mirroring
online resizing
parity
thin provisioning
automatic data correction
block cloning
integrity streams
large file sizes
large volume sizes
metadata checksums
sparse VDL
storage spaces integration
user data checksums (optional)
gptkbp:supportsFormat copy-on-write
journaling
gptkbp:website https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/refs/refs-overview
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Windows_Server_2012_R2_Standard
gptkb:Windows_Server_2008_and_later
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7