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Better to Use Win 8 Blue with MS Server 2012?
I'm going to use Windows Server 2012 for a file server (on-site backup):
OK, Here is what I have learned (just enough to talk the talk but not walk the walk)Actually Win 8's file system is ReFS. And ReFS is a whole lot different from NTFS.Another final question: What do you guys think about Windows Blue? I hear it's much faster than my Win 7 64 bit Ultimate. (I don't like slow.)
Have a read:
1) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848060%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
2) https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/...edirected=true
3) http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398987,00.asp
For obvious reasons I want all my files systems to be converted from NTFS to ReFS. I think MS calls that Data Deduplication, but I need to read more.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh769303%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
What I have learned, though, is that, yes, you can convert Windows Server to a Workstation but you will encounter lots and lots of problems. Not relevant here, but I can list them if you wish.
What I need to know is how do I converted all my many TB's to ReFS? If I dump Win 7 for Win 8 Blue, I know Win 8 will read my NTFS but how can I convert them to ReFS?
Last edited by incurablegeek; 13 Jun 2013 at 20:13. Reason: Answered many of my own questions