Format HDD for exchange 2016 using ReFS

windows disk management:

1. Initialize,GPT
2. Format ReFS, 64K, Quick format
3. assign drive letter: R

PowerShell: (to disable integrity streams)

1. Format-Volume -DriveLetter r -FileSystem ReFS -AllocationUnitSize 65536 -SetIntegrityStreams $false

 

Links:
http://www.careexchange.in/creating-refs-volumes-for-exchange-20132016/

https://www.veeam.com/blog/advanced-refs-integration-coming-veeam-availability-suite.html

https://www.vladan.fr/veeam-and-refs-best-practices-and-benefits/