7. NTFS Metrics and Limitations

• Maximum cluster size is 64 KB

• File names are limited to 255 UTF-16 characters

• MBR disks only support partition sizes up to 2 TB

• GPT volumes must be used to create NTFS volumes over 2 TB

  • NOTE: GPT partitions require 64-bit platform

• Presently, maximum NTFS file size is roughly 16 TB