December 2004
Intermediate to advanced
976 pages
33h 33m
English
In the following section, we'll look at the requirements that drove the design of NTFS. Then in the subsequent section, we'll examine the advanced features of NTFS.
From the start, NTFS was designed to include features required of an enterprise-class file system. To minimize data loss in the face of an unexpected system outage or crash, a file system must ensure that the integrity of its metadata is guaranteed at all times; and to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, a file system must have an integrated security model. Finally, a file system must allow for software-based data redundancy as a low-cost alternative to hardware-redundant solutions for protecting user data. ...
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