Which file system should you use?

You plan to deploy a file server to a temporary location.
The temporary location experiences intermittent power failures.
The file server will contain a dedicated volume for shared folders.
You need to create a volume for the shared folders. The solution must minimize the
likelihood of file corruption if a power failure occurs.
Which file system should you use?

You plan to deploy a file server to a temporary location.
The temporary location experiences intermittent power failures.
The file server will contain a dedicated volume for shared folders.
You need to create a volume for the shared folders. The solution must minimize the
likelihood of file corruption if a power failure occurs.
Which file system should you use?

A.
NFS

B.
FAT32

C.
ReFS

D.
NTFS

Explanation:
The ReFS file system allows for resiliency against corruptions with the option to salvage
amongst many other key features like Metadata integrity with checksums, Integrity streams
with optional user data integrity, and shared storage pools across machines for additional
failure tolerance and load balancing, etc.



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Starker

Starker

Answer C: ReFS

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/hh831724.aspx

The key attributes of ReFS include:
Maintaining a high level of data availability and reliability, even when the individual underlying storage devices experience failures.

Providing a full, end-to-end resilient architecture when used in conjunction with Storage Spaces. When used together, ReFS and Storage Spaces provide enhanced resiliency to storage device failures.