Data is critical to businesses of all sizes, and the idea of being able to store it anywhere and access it everywhere is immensely appealing. This is the promise of global file systems (GFS), which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rainfinity sells a type of virtualization product that's meant to ease differences between various types of file-storage systems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

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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 ...

EMC has agreed to acquire Rainfinity, a company with a product designed to shield customers from some complexities of storage systems, EMC plans to announce Wednesday. Rainfinity sells a type of ...

The storage hardware maker will announce a new file storage system falling into the midrange of the company's Snap line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...