NTFS default tier

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Registry

HKLM System\CurrentControlSet\Policies

Options

NtfsDefaultTier enum
  • Capacity tier -> 1
  • Performance tier -> 2

Description

For NTFS tiered volumes this controls the tier that new allocations go to by default. Client systems default to the Performance tier. Server systems default to the Capacity tier.