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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

A direct-access storage device (DASD) (pronounced /ˈdæzdiː/) is a secondary storage device in which "each physical record has a discrete location and...

random-access read, write, and modify operations. ADFS – Acorn's Advanced Disc filing system, successor to DFS. AdvFS – Advanced File System, designed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

technique is remote direct memory access, which enables each CPU to access memory belonging to other CPUs. Multicomputer operating systems often support remote...

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...

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")...

and HPFS lack, including: access control lists (ACLs); filesystem encryption; transparent compression; sparse files; file system journaling and volume shadow...

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...

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for sharing data using a distributed hash table...

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...

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...

supports Network File System (NFS) versions 4.0 and 4.1 (NFSv4) protocol, and control access to files through Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)...

Direct File is a free, online government service allowing eligible taxpayers to file their federal tax returns directly to the Internal Revenue Service...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...