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Possibly interesting factoid: Drobo S and APFS File System
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<blockquote data-quote="rbpeirce" data-source="post: 1927982" data-attributes="member: 410088"><p>This is more a matter of usage terminology. If you split an attached drive and it is in the HFS+ format, you get partitions. If it is in the APFS format you get containers. You can name a partition but not a container, or at least, I haven't figured out how. From a usage standpoint they are almost the same thing except the continuer will have mountable volumes while the partition won't.</p><p></p><p>That's why I like APFS. With HFS+ I had to back up to numerous sparsebundles. With APFS I backup to numerous Volumes. It is a heck of a lot easier to manipulate and access.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbpeirce, post: 1927982, member: 410088"] This is more a matter of usage terminology. If you split an attached drive and it is in the HFS+ format, you get partitions. If it is in the APFS format you get containers. You can name a partition but not a container, or at least, I haven't figured out how. From a usage standpoint they are almost the same thing except the continuer will have mountable volumes while the partition won't. That's why I like APFS. With HFS+ I had to back up to numerous sparsebundles. With APFS I backup to numerous Volumes. It is a heck of a lot easier to manipulate and access. [/QUOTE]
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