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A customer wants to format a 4TB external drive with a filesystem that is compatible with both Windows and Linux OSs. Which of the following should the technician suggest the customer use?
From Mike Meyers' book:
"Linux file system capabilities exceed those of both macOS and
Windows, being able to read and write to NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, HFS+, and
ext4. Sweet!"
And:
"FAT32 only supports drives up to 2 TB and files up to 4 GB."
"The newer file system, called exFAT, breaks the 4-GB file-size barrier,
supporting files up to 16 exabytes (EB) and a theoretical partition limit of 64
zettabytes (ZB)."
Therefore, MCSA11 is right. Must be exFAT.
Every version of Windows comes with a built-in formatting utility with which to create one or more file systems on a partition or volume. The versions of Windows in current use support three Microsoft file systems: FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT (for removable media).
From (approximately) July 2019, Linuxmint completely supports exfat at the kernel level, which means that each new Linuxmint will work with the exFat format.
exFAT is a good option if you work often with Windows and Mac computers. Transferring files between the two operating systems is less of a hassle, since you don’t have to constantly back up and reformat each time. Linux is also supported, but you will need to install appropriate software to take full advantage of it. Unfortunately, exFAT didn’t inherit all of FAT32’s legacy in compatibility because it may not work with older devices, such as the PS3 and Xbox 360. It does work on the current-gen of gaming consoles, such as the PS4 and the Xbox One.
Reading these all comments on the question I will be confused if one of these questions will appear in the exam... Not taking credibility to the users, of course.
FAT32 has limits. 2GB files as a ceiling. Can only be formatted up to 2TB per partition so you could theoretically have 2 partitions in FAT32 that are 2TB each on that single drive
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