Hoarding data using commodity storage servers is “cheap and cheerful,” as the phrase goes. But finding that data and managing it is another matter entirely, and the problem gets worse as the number of ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...

All businesses have important documents that need to comply with government regulations, be stored for internal operations or referenced by clients. In the past, file cabinets typically lined the ...

I blogged previously on using PHP on the command line, but I did not cover using PHP to access the file system in that post in the interest of blog post size. I use this post to cover some of the ...

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 ...

What if the very foundation of your data storage could make or break your system’s performance and reliability? Choosing the right file system isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a pivotal choice ...