HPFS

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HPFS (High Performance File System) is an older file system developed by IBM and Microsoft for OS/2, designed to improve performance and reliability over FAT before later being superseded by NTFS.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf file system
allocationUnit 512-byte sectors grouped into bands
blockAllocationStrategy extent-based allocation
clusterSizeOptimization reduced internal fragmentation
codebase closed source
designedFor hard disks
designGoal high performance
improved reliability
developer IBM
Microsoft
directoryStructure balanced tree
documentation IBM OS/2 technical manuals
feature improved disk space utilization compared to FAT
reduced directory search times
root directory not fixed at disk start
support for large directories
time stamps with greater precision than FAT
fileNameCase case-insensitive
case-preserving
fileSystemFamily OS/2 file systems
fileSystemType journaled file system
fullName High Performance File System NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance transition technology between FAT and NTFS
introducedIn OS/2 1.2
maximumFileSize 2 GB (commonly implemented limit)
maximumVolumeSize 64 GB (typical implementation limit)
metadataPlacement distributed metadata
notableLimitation limited support in non-OS/2 operating systems
no widespread native support in modern Windows versions
operatingSystem OS/2 NERFINISHED
partitionTypeCode 0x07 on MBR partitions (shared with NTFS in later systems)
predecessor FAT NERFINISHED
primaryUse OS/2 server and workstation systems
releasePeriod late 1980s
reliabilityFeature consistency checking
hotfix mechanism for bad sectors
replacedBy JFS on later IBM systems
status legacy
successor NTFS NERFINISHED
supports B+ tree directory structure
access control lists
extended attributes
long filenames
targetMarket business and enterprise users of OS/2
usedBy OS/2 LAN Server NERFINISHED
OS/2 Warp NERFINISHED

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NTFS replaces HPFS