Storage
The vast of amount of data being stored in this day and age, naturally leads to files sitting unused for longer and longer periods of time. A new app, agedu, can quickly tell you what data on your filesystem is lying fallow.
ZFS may be locked into the Solaris operating system but "Butter FS" is on the horizon and it's boasting more features and better performance.
The founder of btrfs talks about features, terabyte raid arrays and comparisons with ZFS.
Destined to become the default file system for the more popular Linux distributions, ext4 is out of experimental mode and gearing up for production environments. Here's what you need to know.
Jeff Layton talks with Theodore Ts'o about getting the best performance out of your file system, painless migration and the work still to do.
Although its features and terminology may seem strange if you're used to more traditional Linux filesystems, ZFS offers a great deal of flexibility.
Samba Team member Andrew Bartlett explores the world of Samba4, its development status, what you can (and can't) do with Samba4, and -- most importantly-- when you can expect to start using Samba4 in a production environment.
Continuing the discussion of cluster-ready filesystems with an overview of traditional parallel file systems, which allow clusters to contact multiple storage devices directly rather than communicating with storage through a gateway. All you ever wanted to know about parallel file systems, and then some.
Whether you have tens of gigabytes or hundreds of terabytes, the Bacula system makes backups easy. Here's a hands-on primer.
In the last installment of our Parallel Platters series, Jeff Layton looks at the next generation of parallel file systems: Object Based File Systems.
The Network File System is still commonly used to connect desktops to file shares and to interconnect compute nodes in high-performance clusters. By tuning NFS — using just a handful of parameters and measurements — you can help clients and servers run at peak performance. Here’s how.
High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters are easier, and cheaper, than ever to put together. If you have an interest in pulling together your own cluster, or maybe you just want to understand more about cluster technology, it’s necessary to grok the differences between clusters and standard systems.
Thanks to plug-and-play devices like PC cards, you can backup gigabytes of data onto a stamp-sized device or enable your laptop with diverse networking technologies.
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