For years we have used Sun Solaris servers sharing filesytems (/home etc) via NFS to other Unix servers and Samba to users' desktops. This has worked extremely well but our primary file server is due ...

I am in the process of a huge infrastrucure change and large purchase of a NetApp 2050 (20 300GB SAS, CIFS, iSCSI, (NFS option?)). The goal is to virtualize approx 8 servers on two IBM 3650's with ...

Scality, an established leader in object-based storage, announced the immediate release of Scality RING 4.2. Release 4.2 expands support for universal data access with the introduction of new file ...

This command displays a quick look at real-time statistics for key system areas, including: CPU, NFS and CIFS protocols, network traffic, disk read and write rates and replication statistics. This is ...

Sun Microsystems Inc.'s recent donation of source code that implements the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol to the OpenSolaris project will enable Windows users to store and retrieve files ...

I've set up quite a few file servers using Linux in my day, and although it's not particularly difficult, I've often thought that there should be a better way to do it. The folks at the OpenFiler ...

“The acceptance and adoption of ClusterStor since its market introduction is a testament to the experience and stability that comes with a solution provider such as Xyratex,” said Earl Joseph, IDC ...

Hybrid cloud has had a boost recently with the emergence of file/object environments that allow customers to operate a single namespace between on-premise and public cloud locations. One of the ...