I'm trying to learn a little bit about the design and implementation of filesystems. I am currently reading Practical File System Design with the Be File System (made available as a PDF by its author) ...

Apple’s newest file system, APFS, has modern advancements over the antiquated HFS+, but how does its pros and cons stack up in comparison to its venerable predecessor? Read on to find out. Apple’s ...

In the first part of our chapter excerpt about backing virtual machines from Eric Siebert's new book "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration" (Prentice Hall, 2009), you learned about backing up ...

Apple announced a new file system that will make its way into all of its OS variants (macOS, tvOS, iOS, watchOS) in the coming years. Media coverage to this point has been mostly breathless ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCC Embedded (HCC) has introduced SafeexFAT, its failsafe, RTOS-independent exFAT file system implementation that provides an easy integration for device ...

Although it didn’t make the keynote cut, one of the bigger news items for developers today is that Apple is rolling out a new file system for storage for all its products: The Apple File System (APFS) ...

What is Common Internet File System (CIFS)? Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a protocol that gained popularity around Year 2000 as vendors worked to establish an Internet Protocol-based ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...