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Re:Hyperspace by galaxyLogic on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:35PM (#43177772)
On Windows there is "Dev Drive" which I believe does a similar "copy-on-write" -thing.

If it works it's a no-brainer so why isn't it the default?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/#dev-dri...

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Re:Hyperspace by siranachronist on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @05:15PM (#43178245)
requires refs, which still isnt supported on the system drive on windows, iirc
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Re:Hyperspace by galaxyLogic on Monday March 03, 2025 @02:16PM (#43245543)
Good to know. It is interesting to think how much electricity is wasted when most people don't have Copy-on-Write, all over the world.
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Re:Hyperspace by p_ing on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:04PM (#43185601)
CoW is a function of ReFS, shipped with Server 2016. "DevDrive" is just a marketing term for a ReFS volume which has file system filters placed in async mode or optionally disabled altogether.
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