Window’s prefered file system. Uses clusters of blocks and file allocations tables like FAT does, but improves on:
- Redundancy
- Security
- Compression
- Encryption
- Disk quota
- Smaller Clusters
Master File Table (MFT)
An enhanced FAT table that exists in first chunks of the disc. A backup of the MFT exists in the middle of the disk.
Compression
NTFS can auto compress files when you need it to, however OS must decompress everytime it wants to access it which takes a lot of time
Encryption
File encryption is possible with NTFS. The microsoft utility for this is Microsoft EFS
Disk Quotas
Ability for administrators to set limits on the drive space usage for users.
Cluster Sizes
Cluser size varies depending on drive size.
By default, NTFS supports up to 16TB, but if you tweak the cluser size, NTFS can work for up to 8 petabytes