Just about a year ago, I first mentioned TidyFS, a new, small distributed file system under development by Microsoft Research. Later this week at the Usenix '11 conference, Microsoft researchers ...

The rapid and unabated growth of so-called "unstructured" data has led research firm Gartner to establish a new Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage. Such systems seek to ...

Today marks the availability of Alluxio 1.0, the first major release of the memory-centric, virtual distributed file system formerly known as Tachyon. The graduate of UC Berkeley’s AMPLab is already ...

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WekaIO™ (Weka) the leading data platform for modern applications, today announced that Weka has been recognized by Gartner as a Visionary with its placement in the ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qumulo, the leader in enterprise-proven hybrid cloud file storage, today announced that the company’s acclaimed hybrid cloud file storage received the highest score in the ...

Big-data platform provider WekaIO Inc. said today it has closed on a hefty $135 million late-stage funding round led by Generation Investment Management, doubling its valuation in the process. A host ...

IBM today plans to release a distributed file-system technology that it said will provide storage management capabilities across storage-area networks (SAN) with disk arrays and servers from multiple ...

(1) For replication of files across the Internet, see IPFS. (2) A distributed file system is software that keeps track of files stored across multiple servers or networks. When data are requested, a ...

Hey, I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place to put this, but since there is no 'filesystem' forum, maybe it fits here. (otherwise please suggest a place) I was just evaluating my future ...

If you've been working with networks for any length of time, you've no doubt had a server's hard disk fill up, which usually means it's time to have users clear out files they no longer use. You can ...