NTFS file systems can be created with mkfs on any EVMS
or compatibility volume that is at least 1 MB in size and that does not already
have a file system.
The following options are available for creating
NTFS file systems:
label
Specify a volume label for the file system. The default is none.
cluster-size
Specify the size of clusters in bytes. Valid cluster size values
are powers of two, with at least 256, and at most 65536 bytes per cluster.
If omitted, mkntfs cluster-size is determined by the volume size. The
value is determined as follows:
Set the MFT zone multiplier, which determines the size of the
MFT zone to use on the volume. The MFT zone is the area at the
beginning of the volume reserved for the master file table (MFT),
which stores the on disk inodes (MFT records). Note that small files
are stored entirely within the node. Thus, if you expect to use the
volume for storing large numbers of very small files, it is useful
to set the zone multiplier to a higher value. Note that the MFT zone
is resized on the fly as required during operation of the NTFS driver,
but choosing a good value will reduce fragmentation. Valid
values are 12.5 (the default), 25, 37.5, and 50.
compress
Enable compression on the volume.
quick
Perform quick format. This skips both zeroing of the volume
and bad sector checking.
