In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...

The proliferation of small files in distributed file systems poses significant challenges that affect both storage efficiency and operational performance. Modern systems, such as Hadoop Distributed ...

As business users increasingly turn to high-performance hardware, IBM is adding features to its high-performance file systems to help push supercomputing more into the mainstream. IBM on Friday plans ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. This year will be one focused on data cleanliness, with business leaders looking to adopt a ...

Businesses have never had to manage as much data as they do today. From invoices and contracts to reports and emails, companies handle an overwhelming volume of information every day. Keeping those ...