Direct Access File System (DAFS) is a network file system that is based on NFSv4 and the Virtual Interface (VI) data transfer mechanism. DAFS uses remote...
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shared-disk file system uses a storage area network (SAN) to allow multiple computers to gain direct disk access at the block level. Access control and...
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uses remote direct memory access (RDMA) as a transport NFS-Ganesha, an NFS server, running in user-space and supporting various file systems like GPFS/Spectrum...
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In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of...
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access, and file versioning. The original ODS-1 layer is a flat file system; the ODS-2 version is a hierarchical file system, with support for access...
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client applications to access different types of concrete file systems in a uniform way. A VFS can, for example, be used to access local and network storage...
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systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file....
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Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system. It was...
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A direct-access storage device (DASD) (pronounced /ˈdæzdiː/) is a secondary storage device in which "each physical record has a discrete location and...
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random-access read, write, and modify operations. ADFS – Acorn's Advanced Disc filing system, successor to DFS. AdvFS – Advanced File System, designed...
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Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) is an IBM direct-access storage device (DASD) file storage access method, first used in the OS/VS1, OS/VS2 Release...
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GFS2 (redirect from Global File System 2)
File System 2 (GFS2) is a shared-disk file system for Linux computer clusters. GFS2 allows all members of a cluster to have direct concurrent access to...
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The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...
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technique is remote direct memory access, which enables each CPU to access memory belonging to other CPUs. Multicomputer operating systems often support remote...
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operating system (DOS) is a computer operating system that requires a disk or other direct-access storage device as secondary storage. A DOS provides a file system...
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distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing. The name Lustre is a portmanteau word derived from Linux and cluster. Lustre file system...
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File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating...
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NTFS (redirect from NT File System)
and HPFS lack, including: access control lists (ACLs); filesystem encryption; transparent compression; sparse files; file system journaling and volume shadow...
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compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. All widely used file systems record a last modified time stamp (also known as "mtime")...
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underlying files. To perform input or output, the process passes the file descriptor to the kernel through a system call, and the kernel will access the file on...
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The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for sharing data using a distributed hash table...
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The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. It is a plain text file. Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was...
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supports Network File System (NFS) versions 4.0 and 4.1 (NFSv4) protocol, and control access to files through Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)...
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provides only block-level access, file systems built on top of SANs do provide file-level access and are known as shared-disk file systems. Newer SAN configurations...
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long-term-storage file system. These non-file objects may be accessed with the same system calls or utility programs as regular files and directories....
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damage Direct Access File System, a network file system that uses remote direct memory access to perform efficient network access to data in remote files Direct...
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The SAN File System (SFS) is a high-performance, clustered file system created by the company DataPlow. SFS enables fast access to shared files located...
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Direct File is a free, online government service allowing eligible taxpayers to file their federal tax returns directly to the Internal Revenue Service...
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storage reserved for a file in a file system, represented as a range of block numbers, or tracks on count key data devices. A file can consist of zero or...
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Basic Direct Access Method, or BDAM is an access method for IBM's OS/360 and successors computer operating systems on System/360 and later mainframes....
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