windowsfilter storage driver
The windowsfilter storage driver is the default storage driver for Docker
Engine on Windows. The windowsfilter driver uses Windows-native file system
layers to store Docker layers and volume data on disk. The windowsfilter
storage driver only works on file systems formatted with NTFS.
Configure the windowsfilter storage driver
For most use cases, no configuration of the windowsfilter storage driver is
necessary.
The default storage limit for Docker Engine on Windows is 127 GB. To use a
different storage size, set the size option for the windowsfilter storage
driver. See windowsfilter options.
Data is stored on the Docker host in image and windowsfilter subdirectories
within C:\ProgramData\docker by default. You can change the storage location
by configuring the data-root option in the Daemon configuration file:
{
"data-root": "d:\\docker"
}You must restart the daemon for the configuration change to take effect.
Additional information
For more information about how container storage works on Windows, refer to Microsoft's Containers on Windows documentation.