What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

(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 ...

Network Appliance’s acquisition of Spinnaker is the precursor to the mainstream adoption of distributed file systems in 2004 and 2005 as an alternative to single-file system architectures. At first ...

Although the World Wide Web is a global network, it remains predominantly centralized in terms of data storage. Servers, whether physical or virtual, are housed in large server farms or cloud ...

File management software maker Peer Software plans to launch Linux file server compatibility this summer, along with enhanced artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-based file access anomaly ...

CRN breaks down the strength and weaknesses for the 15 leading storage vendors who made Gartner’s new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. The Top 15 Distributed File ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...