The authors develop a holistic framework for adaptively scheduling asynchronous requests in distributed file systems. The system is holistic in that it manages all resources, including network ...

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 ...

Today's companies face the challenge of managing distributed development efforts across multiple remote locations. Not only are there substantial communication and process issues involved, but simply ...

Elastifile has launched an NFS-based file access storage service in partnership with Google’s cloud marketplace, Cloud Launcher. It is a ready-to-deploy cloud iteration that extends its distributed ...

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 ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...