Microsoft Principal Program Manager Klaus Diaconu announced Windows 10 Pro for Workstations on Windows blog, which will be a higher end edition of the Windows 10 Pro which is available in the market now. The new version will support server grade PC hardware. It will be delivered with the Fall creators upgrade expected in September.
So what is the difference ?
ReFS (Resilient file system): ReFS provides cloud-grade resiliency for data on fault-tolerant storage spaces and manages very large volumes with ease. ReFS is designed to be resilient to data corruption, optimized for handling large data volumes, auto-correcting and more. It protects your data with integrity streams on your mirrored storage spaces. Using its integrity streams, ReFS detects when data becomes corrupt on one of the mirrored drives and uses a healthy copy of your data on the other drive to correct and protect your precious data.
Persistent memory: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations provides the most demanding apps and data with the performance they require with non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM-N) hardware. NVDIMM-N enables you to read and write your files with the fastest speed possible, the speed of the computer’s main memory. Because NVDIMM-N is non-volatile memory, your files will still be there, even when you switch your workstation off.
Faster file sharing: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations includes a feature called SMB Direct, which supports the use of network adapters that have Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) capability. Network adapters that have RDMA can function at full speed with very low latency, while using very little CPU. For applications that access large datasets on remote SMB file shares, this feature enables:
- Increased throughput: Leverages the full throughput of high speed networks where the network adapters coordinate the transfer of large amounts of data at line speed.
- Low latency: Provides extremely fast responses to network requests, and, as a result, makes remote file storage feel as if it is directly attached storage.
- Low CPU utilization: Uses fewer CPU cycles when transferring data over the network, which leaves more power available to other applications running on the system.
Expanded hardware support: Users will now be able to run Windows 10 Pro for Workstations on devices with high performance configurations including server grade Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron processors, with up to 4 CPUs (today limited to 2 CPUs) and add massive memory up to 6TB (today limited to 2TB).
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Are you wondering what are the difference between Windows 10 Home edition and Pro editions ?
Windows 10 Pro will have the following features than the Home edition
Bitlocker
Windows Information Protection
Enterprise State Roaming with Azure Active Directory
Windows Store for Business
Assigned Access
Dynamic Provisioning
Windows Update for Business
Shared PC configuration
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Domain Join
Azure Active Directory Domain Join, with single sign-on to cloud-hosted apps
Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer (EMIE)
Remote Desktop
Group Policy
Client Hyper-V