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 ...

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 ...

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 ...