I'm mainly wondering what exactly the FAT file system was? Why was it bad, or at least, what makes NTFS a better system? I see from the Powerpoint that it's more efficient and secure, but what makes it so?
The FAT is a File Allocation Table. It provided an architecture for software files. PCs used a FAT system for a long time. The last Windows version to use it was Windows 98. While personal computers moved to a different form of file architecture, the FAT system is still present with digital cameras and USB Flash Drives. While it seems that the technology will not be around forever it should stick around for a while.
The NTFS is better than the FAT system for computers because it allocates the use of metadata in a much more effective manner. The filenames are shorter and the data is compressed into a much smaller space, thus clearing up some room for additional computer functions. At the rate the technology is advancing much of the data structures we are familiar with will be superceded by new technologies over the next few years.
The FAT is a File Allocation Table. It provided an architecture for software files. PCs used a FAT system for a long time. The last Windows version to use it was Windows 98. While personal computers moved to a different form of file architecture, the FAT system is still present with digital cameras and USB Flash Drives. While it seems that the technology will not be around forever it should stick around for a while.
ReplyDeleteThe NTFS is better than the FAT system for computers because it allocates the use of metadata in a much more effective manner. The filenames are shorter and the data is compressed into a much smaller space, thus clearing up some room for additional computer functions. At the rate the technology is advancing much of the data structures we are familiar with will be superceded by new technologies over the next few years.