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19 Dell EMC SC Series: Microsoft Windows Server Best Practices | 680-042-007
Cluster object on SC Series with two nodes
3.8 Optimize format-disk wait time for large volumes
Formatting a large SAN volume mapped to a Windows host should complete in a few seconds. This should
always be true with modern Windows Server operating systems. If long format wait times are experienced for
larger volumes (minutes instead of seconds) with older versions of Windows Server, disable the file system
Delete Notify attribute on the host by completing the following steps:
1. Access a command prompt on the host server with elevated (administrator) rights.
2. To verify the state of the attribute, type fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify and press Enter.
A result of zero for NTFS or ReFS means the attribute is enabled.
3. To disable the attribute, type fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify NTFS 1 or ReFS 1 and press
Enter.
The result should display an attribute value of one. To test the result, map a large temporary volume (several
TB) from the SC Series array to the host and format the volume. It should complete in a few seconds.
Modify disabledeletenotify attribute