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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The rapid and unabated growth of so-called "unstructured" data has led research firm Gartner to establish a new Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage. Such systems seek to ...

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WekaIO™ (Weka) the leading data platform for modern applications, today announced that Weka has been recognized by Gartner as a Visionary with its placement in the ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qumulo, the breakthrough leader in radically simplifying enterprise file data management across hybrid cloud environments, today announced its position as a Leader in the ...

Distributed systems comprise a network of independent computing nodes that collaborate to achieve shared objectives despite challenges such as network latency, asynchrony and process failures. At 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 ...