The proliferation of small files in distributed file systems poses significant challenges that affect both storage efficiency and operational performance. Modern systems, such as Hadoop Distributed ...

Last month we began discussing typical file systems, starting first with local and shared file systems, then moving into the network file system. The network file system (also known as a proxy file ...

Just about a year ago, I first mentioned TidyFS, a new, small distributed file system under development by Microsoft Research. Later this week at the Usenix '11 conference, Microsoft researchers ...

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CRN breaks down the strength and weaknesses for the 15 leading storage vendors who made Gartner’s new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. The Top 15 Distributed File ...

If you've been working with networks for any length of time, you've no doubt had a server's hard disk fill up, which usually means it's time to have users clear out files they no longer use. You can ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Media files now consume enormous amounts of storage, growing at a scale that has led to the ...

File management software maker Peer Software plans to launch Linux file server compatibility this summer, along with enhanced artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-based file access anomaly ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...