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NTFS or Fat32? What's better?
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12-17-2001 @ 2:21 PM
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Should I format my array using NTFS or Fat32? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
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12-17-2001 @ 3:14 PM
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This depends on what you need to do with the volumes. Under Windows 2000 the maximum file size and maximum partition size are as follows:
File Systems Max Partition Size Max File Size
FAT 4 Gig 4 Gig
FAT 32 32 Gig 4 Gig
NTFS 16 Exabytes 16 Exabytes
Note: 16 Exabytes equals 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes
Microsoft recommends the NTFS file system because of its reliability and security advantages. While drives grow in size NTFS does not take much of a performance hit unlike FAT and FAT 32. While similar in design the FAT 32 file system is recommended over the FAT files system for use with larger drives.
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12-18-2001 @ 9:07 AM
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There is an interesting article on filesystems that explains FAT, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS nicely:
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/text/filesystems.txt
This message was edited by natef on 2-7-02 @ 10:21 AM
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