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In [[computing]], a '''NetWare File System''' ('''NWFS''') is a [[file system]] based on a heavily modifiedoptimized versionand ofjournal based [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] file system. It was used in the [[Novell NetWare]] [[operating system]]. It is the default and only file system for all volumes in versions 2.x through 4.x, and the default and only file system for the SYS volume continuing through version 5.x. Novell developed two varieties of NWFS:

# 16-bit NWFS 286, used in NetWare 2.x

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16-bit NWFS could handle volumes of up to 256 [[Megabyte|MB]]. However, its only name-space support was a dedicated [[Application programming interface|API]] to handle Macintosh clients.

The Netware File System supported native [[Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_0|RAID 0]] and [[Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_1|RAID 1]] capabilities long before RAID systems came into use on personal computrs. Disk mirroring and duplexing were basic features of the file system, and NWFS also supported multi-segmented volumes, and round robin reads much like RAID 0 and RAID 1 does today.

== See also ==