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The build performance tag on WindowsForum.com covers techniques and tools for improving developer build times on Windows. A key topic is Windows 11's Dev Drive, a ReFS-formatted volume with a Defender performance mode that reduces scanning overhead. This feature can speed up git operations, package restores, and builds. Discussions focus on practical setup, measurable improvements, and management of security scanning for developer workloads.
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    Dev Drive in Windows 11: Faster Builds with ReFS and Defender Performance Mode

    Windows 11’s Dev Drive is one of those under-the-radar features that can materially shorten build times, speed up repository operations, and reduce the friction of daily developer work—provided you use it the way Microsoft intended. In short: Dev Drive is a ReFS-formatted storage volume tuned...
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    • bitlocker block cloning build performance copy-on-write defender performance mode dev drive developer workload i/o performance large files package caches performance mode performance optimization refs repository operations security trusted volume vhd virtualization windows 11 windows storage
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