NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
09/12/05
Today's focus: Get educated about WinFS
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* Are you ready for the new Windows file system?
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* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Get educated about WinFS
By Dave Kearns
Among Microsoft's big announcements and releases during the last
week of August
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0905nt1.html?rl>
was the first beta of the new Windows file system (WinFS).
You might call it a semi-public beta, since it's available for
download by any registered Microsoft developer at the Microsoft
Developer Network Web site <http://msdn.microsoft.com/>.
There was a great deal of hoopla in the press commenting on the
"early" release of the beta. In reality, of course, there's
nothing early about it. WinFS was previously informally known as
"Longhorn FS" because it was scheduled to ship with Longhorn
server, the successor to Windows Server 2003, which is now set
for release in very late 2006. WinFS, though, won't be included.
Instead, it will ship as an add-on, perhaps as part of the first
service pack (SP1) or perhaps in an interim release (think of
that as "Longhorn R2").
Longhorn server itself is about 3 years late, and WinFS was
originally due out before that - as an add-on for Windows 2000.
So for the first semi-public beta of a product initially due 5
years ago to finally be available is hardly an "early release."
Still, good things come to those who wait, and WinFS promises to
be a "good thing."
This will actually only be the fourth file system from Microsoft
ever - the first one, which came with DOS 1.0, only lasted a
year or two. The FAT (File Allocation System) system was with us
for 15 years (and it is still with us) before being improved
upon for the NTFS (Windows NT File System), which is now more
than 10-years-old. NTFS was designed especially for something
FAT couldn't handle - large storage devices. Of course, "large"
is a relative term. What was large in 1995 is considered
woefully inadequate for a disk subsystem on a Windows 2003
server.
But not only has the physical disk changed so too has the data
stored on that disk. Back in the days of a FAT system, a typical
file included bits and bytes representing letters, numbers and
symbols. A few of the bits and bytes controlled layout and
formatting but it all made up a single file. Today's software is
much more sophisticated. True, there are still letters, numbers
and symbols - but there are also scads of meta-data - data that
describes the data in the file, or which describes the file
characteristics. A document used by an application may be made
up of multiple files, for that matter, each with its own load of
meta-data. In fact, there's a lot more we could be doing if only
the file system could handle it.
There's a good introduction to WinFS on Microsoft's Web site
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6781> that you should read for
a full understanding of what's coming and why developers are
excited about it. Server administrators ought to be excited too,
because it will make using a file system both easier and more
productive. Don't drop everything to read about it, but don't
wait too long, either. You'll want to plan for the possibilities
that'll be available to you once WinFS arrives on your network -
maybe in late 2007.
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4. Firefox upgrade offers improved usability, security
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To contact: Dave Kearns
Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.
Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these
respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.
Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by ProCurve Networking by HP
Network World Executive Guide: The Evolution of Management
Technologies
With applications and infrastructures growing more sophisticated
and demanding, network and systems management technologies are
more critical than ever. Elevating their focus from bits and
bytes, these networked systems are being called on to close the
gap between IT and business services. Read about the future of
management, including BSM and emerging automation tools. Learn
about 'hot spots' and 'best products' in network management.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=114152
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