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EMC gets 'Mavericks' with Isilon file system

The next version of OneFS, code named Mavericks, drastically cuts access times as well as adding data protection and recovery features to complement the Isilon storage OS Read more

22 May, 2012 by Nick Heath

EMC boosts Hadoop reliability on Isilon storage

...metadata. If the server the NameNode is on goes down, then the filesystem becomes unavailable. A number of Hadoop vendors, including MapR, whose technology EMC... Read more

31 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Linux EXT4 Filesystem showing impressive speeds

More and more articles have been appearing on the EXT4 filesystem. In fact, the article that really caught my eye was one recently... Read more

26 October, 2010

Fragmentation within the NTFS filesystem

...out that Windows 7 now automatically runs a defrag on its NTFS filesystem, compared to Windows XP which never did this. This is a great... Read more

31 August, 2011
<endeca_term>FileSystem</endeca_term> 1.1

FileSystem 1.1

FileSystem is an application that allows you to browse the content of your... Read more

19 March, 2011
Efficient Access to Many Small Files in a <endeca_term>Filesystem</endeca_term> for Grid Computing

Efficient Access to Many Small Files in a Filesystem for Grid Computing

...To address this problem, the authors augment the protocol of the Chirp filesystem for grid computing to improve small file performance Read more

1 January, 2011
Apple Xsan <endeca_term>Filesystem</endeca_term> 2.2.2

Apple Xsan Filesystem 2.2.2

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25 August, 2011
Attaching Cloud Storage to a Campus Grid Using Parrot, Chirp, and Hadoop

Attaching Cloud Storage to a Campus Grid Using Parrot, Chirp, and Hadoop

The Hadoop filesystem is a large scale distributed filesystem used to manage and quickly process... Read more

8 October, 2010
An Architecture for High Performance File System I/O

An Architecture for High Performance File System I/O

This paper presents architecture of current filesystem implementations as well as the new filesystem SpadFS and operating system Spad... Read more

14 September, 2010

Ubuntu gets a facelift with Precise Pangolin 12.04

...in October. The new kernel brings "both performance and stability, whether for filesystem improvement or in terms of page commits", said Mark Baker, a server... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

CentOS 6 Linux, A First Look

...roadmap for RHEL 6. One of the biggest features added is ext4 filesystem support, even though this was also added in CentOS 5.6 as... Read more

15 November, 2011
FreeBSD and PC-BSD installers in pictures

FreeBSD and PC-BSD installers in pictures

...PC-BSD allows the selection of the ZFS filesystem. Screenshot: Chris Duckett Read more

1 February, 2012 by Chris Duckett

vSphere 5, VAAI and the Death of the Storage Array

The launch of vSphere 5 and its new storage related features will set the precedent for a complete rethink on how a new... Read more

2 September, 2011

More Windows 7 corruption and repair woes

Recently, we've been seeing a noticeable increase with Windows 7 and "repair mode" which is launched automatically at... Read more

24 August, 2011

Xubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 stylee

...accept the standard partitioning but I'm not sure if the ext4 filesystem places any more wear on SSD cards? (FWIW, the install took 38... Read more

18 October, 2010

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Thomas Gellhaus

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knapper

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

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