Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

The term software defined storage is in the new job title that Eric Barton has at DataDirect Networks, and he is a bit amused by this. As one of the creators of early parallel file systems for ...

In OS X Mountain Lion, iCloud begins to take shape as the smart, automated way to store documents on a per-app, device independent basis, incrementally displacing the local file system that ...

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 ...

In this article, we will discuss the features of the Resilient File System and learn how to enable or disable ReFS in the Windows Server and Windows 11 operating systems. We will also attempt to ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion makes a conceptual leap away from the Mac's original focus on opening apps to create files, launching a new task-centric interface borrowed from iOS. Lion apps can also auto save ...

S3 Files, a native file system interface on top of Amazon Simple Storage Service offers developers simplicity and CIOs a more unified, cost-efficient data architecture, analysts say. Amazon Web ...