09-27-2003, 06:10 AM
Ahh, WinFS in Longhorn. It's supposed to be database-driven, kinda like a mini SQL Server.
I hadn't heard that it has the feature to reclaim space - I assume you're talking about a little thing they like to call "disk suballocation", which, funny enough, Novell has had for years.
What disk suballocation does - you know how Windows typically has a 4KB cluster size? And no matter how small the file is (even if it's only 1 byte) it takes up an entire 4KB cluster........ disk suballocation actually turns the rest of that 4KB into usable space.
I hadn't heard that it has the feature to reclaim space - I assume you're talking about a little thing they like to call "disk suballocation", which, funny enough, Novell has had for years.
What disk suballocation does - you know how Windows typically has a 4KB cluster size? And no matter how small the file is (even if it's only 1 byte) it takes up an entire 4KB cluster........ disk suballocation actually turns the rest of that 4KB into usable space.
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