ReFS was designed to overcome problems that had become significant over the years since NTFS was conceived, which are related to how data storage requirements had changed. Resilient File System ( ReFS), codenamed 'Protogon', is a Microsoft proprietary file system introduced with Windows Server 2012 with the intent of becoming the 'next generation' file system after NTFS. com /en-US /windows-server /storage /refs /refs-overview