Designing distributed file systems that maintain POSIX-compatibility is a challenging task, often requiring tradeoffs to be made. GFS introduced a decoupled architecture comprising a master, ...

In order to share files on a network in the past “classic” Mac operating system, you had to access and set up items in several locations. First, you needed to enable file sharing in one location, then ...

File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so – but ...

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 ...

If you've used a Windows computer, you've likely encountered the NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32 file systems, even if you didn't know it. While most people don't really have to engage with these systems ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Download the PDF of this article. Linux supports a range of file systems, including ones used on other operating systems such as Windows FAT and NTFS. Those may be supported by embedded developers but ...

Broadcasters and media companies are moving to file-based workflows for ingesting, producing, storing, processing, delivering, and managing their media assets. While in the past, it was enough for a ...