File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims ...

When configuring your network-attached storage (NAS) for sending and receiving files from clients, several protocols are available. The two most common are Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File ...

Files: quickly getting bigger. Networks: slowly getting faster. Something's got to give. Here's the scoop. Parallel NFS: standards-based parallel file serving The Network File System (NFS) is the ...

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 ...

So, I want to build a NAS, maybe something based on TrueNAS/FreeNAS, or similar. All of them support a variety of network filesystems, like CIFS/SMB, NFS, etc. What I'm wanting to know, is there an ...

What’s the best way to store and manage data in a virtualized environment? For IT administrators and system architects, this question is more than theoretical—it’s a critical decision that impacts ...

Microsoft and NetApp are working to deliver a native version of the storage provider's Network File System (NFS) for Azure. The new Enterprise NFS Service is based on NetApp's flagship Data ONTAP ...

Business critical and network-attached storage (NAS) are terms rarely seen together. Storage area network (SAN)-based storage built on Fibre Channel infrastructure has dominated enterprise datacentres ...