Answer to Question #251422 in Computer Networks for Donga

Question

Describe the enhancement/benefit of fault-tolerant and disk space quotas by users offered by NTFS over FAT technology

Answer 1

Fault tolerance enhances automatic repair of files in case of power failures and damage in NTFS whereas FAT32 only maintains two distinct copies of the FAT during a damage. Disk space can be adjusted or compressed in NTFS to allow for more space through compression of individual files and directories while FAT32 does not allow for compression. Access to disk space and file systems in NTFS is allowed through configuration of specific permissions while FAT32 only allows permissions for shared access.

NTFS is capable of multi-processing through implementation of a fault tolerant system designed with multiple in-flow and out-flow of data while no simultaneous processes can be executed in a FAT32 environment.