Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files. Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files. We’ll talk about how some popular ...

MIT researchers are planning to present a paper at the ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles in October, with details of the first computer file system that is mathematically guaranteed not to ...

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 mother of modern file systems, the Unix file system, has been with us since 1974 — practically as long as files have existed. The first file systems were designed with a single directory, but over ...

Misuse of an automated information system is sometimes illegal, often unethical, and always reflects poor judgment or lack of care in following security rules and regulations. Misuse may, ...

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 ...