NTFS default tier
- Policy ID
- NtfsDefaultTier
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Filesystem › NTFS
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.
Options
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NtfsDefaultTierREG_DWORD