charlieny100 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I'm building an new pool for media files. I currently have one using a beta DP and formatted REFS. Is this a good choice for a new pool or is NTFS a better choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 NTFS is definitely the safer choice, as it's been around longer. ReFS may also have memory leak issues in certain configurations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jmone Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 As a user of largish pools (2 x 50TB) that I've had on both NTFS, and ReFS I'd summary as follows: - NTFS : Subject to issues with file corruption. I lost an entire pool when I got some error with my controller and the disks.... chkdsk then decided to "help" by reallocating sectors in its file allocation table. Had to re-rip my entire collection over weeks (now I have 2 pools - one to backup the other) - ReFS : Never had an issue with file corruption (you can not even run chkdsk!).... and have not had any memory leak issues for the years I've been using ReFS..... till my new build this month! It was hard to pin down where the issue was as it was new Version of Windows, Mobo, Chipset, Mem, CPU (8700K) and Firmware/BIOS Settings. It is currently now working fine (but I did change RAM, reduce my OC and add 2 of the 3 ReFS Registry settings). Given the above I'd still suggest ReFS especially if you are on an existing system that is stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 On 11/10/2017 at 5:16 PM, jmone said: NTFS : Subject to issues with file corruption. I lost an entire pool when I got some error with my controller and the disks.... chkdsk then decided to "help" by reallocating sectors in its file allocation table. Had to re-rip my entire collection over weeks (now I have 2 pools - one to backup the other) Was the disk MBR or GPT? This does make a difference, as GPT stores partition info twice (once at the beginning, like MBR, and at the very end). All of your disks should be GPT. The only exception is the system disk, if you're stuck on a BIOS based system. On 11/10/2017 at 5:16 PM, jmone said: ReFS : Never had an issue with file corruption (you can not even run chkdsk!).. It should be noted that file integrity is only enabled on system files by default. You would need to manually enable it for the rest of the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm building an new pool for media files. I currently have one using a beta DP and formatted REFS. Is this a good choice for a new pool or is NTFS a better choice.
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