The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth

re: The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth

Robert Mitchell [MSFT] — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:01:40 GMT

Vlad,

File records were 1KB for the longest time. When 4KB sector drives started to hit the market, this changed somewhat. For 4KB sector drives that are 'Native 4K', the file records will be 4KB. In Win8/Server2012, the FORMAT command was also given a new switch (/L) that allowed you to format with a 4KB file record size regardless of the physical sector size.

I wrote an article for Windows IT Pro about 4K drives.

www.windowsitpro.com/.../support-advanced-format-hard-drives-141584

re: The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth

Vladimir — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:39:46 GMT

Hi Jeff, sorry for making a comment on a post so old, but as I could not find the information by myself, I had to ask.

Will the base record always be 1KB? When the data inside then increase, it does not matter, it will keep its size, correct?

What about the atribute list and child records, what is their size? The size of the disk cluster (4kb, for example)?

thanks,

Vladimir

re: The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth

ichbinpete — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:11:14 GMT

Great blog! Very informative.