In response to post #21986184. #21986639, #21986744, #21987694 are all replies on the same post.
If you're actually using hard-links (as opposed to Symlink reparse-points), you are aware that ReFS (the successor of NTFS) does NOT support hard-links? Not of relevance at the moment, true, but since you're always going on about "the future development", it's worth bearing in mind. If you're using symlinks then it's no big deal - they're not going anywhere - the only drawback is the admin requirement for creation. Just a thought.