Windows-based PCs are overwhelmingly the most common worldwide, so most users are used to the NTFS file system, even if they ...

A computer file is a self-contained resource for recording data in a digital storage device, that is available for computer programs to access. A filesystem refers to data structures and methods that ...

Network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB) and common internet file system (CIFS) are all file access storage protocols, used to access files on remote servers and storage servers (such as ...

Whether you're a Windows convert new to macOS or are curious about life on the “other side,” here are the key file system differences between the PC and the Mac that you need to know to seamlessly ...

Network Appliance’s acquisition of Spinnaker is the precursor to the mainstream adoption of distributed file systems in 2004 and 2005 as an alternative to single-file system architectures. At first ...

We have been reporting on high performance file systems for the past few weeks, which quite naturally led us to look at Linux clustering files systems. In the last three weeks, we have gone over high ...

One of the more niggling issues associated with hybrid cloud computing is that most of the storage deployed on-premises today involves file systems, while cloud service providers (CSPs) almost ...

As the number of high-speed processors that can be packed into a server continues to increase, many IT organizations are about to confront some significant I/O challenges. Each of those processors is ...