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The high-performance file system (HPFS) is a file system designed especially for the IBM OS/2. It is known for handling large files of up to 2 GB across multiple hard disks, as well as for handling long file names of up to 256 bytes. HPFS was designed to improve on the weaknesses of the file allocation table file system.
HPFS avoided several MS DOS limitations, especially the eight-character computer file name restriction. The program runs on the same machine as the MS-DOS file system and file allocation table, or may run independently.
The advantages of HPFS include:
The advantages of HPFS include:
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