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 ...

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Start-up WebFS Inc. wants to simplify multivendor file and application access for corporate network users, regardless of their operating or file systems. Salem, Mass.-based WebFS says it has designed ...

The current perception of cloud storage begins and ends as a cheap repository for bits, but cloud storage is much more than that. This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to ...

Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

Network-attached storage (NAS), or file storage, provides shared storage in which access to data takes place at the level of entire files. NAS is defined by the fact it runs a file system and manages ...

Although the World Wide Web is a global network, it remains predominantly centralized in terms of data storage. Servers, whether physical or virtual, are housed in large server farms or cloud ...