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 ...

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 ...

As part of CRN’s 2024 Storage 100, here are 50 vendors bringing software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology. The base of nearly any storage system is hardware. But ...

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 ...

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, ...

What if the very foundation of your data storage could make or break your system’s performance and reliability? Choosing the right file system isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a pivotal choice ...