Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Cloud Computing Infrastructure
Data Storage for a Virtual Environment, File Virtualization, SAN Virtualization and Consolidation, Storage Network Virtualization, Virtualization Strategy
ISCSI SAN, SAN switch, SAN (storage area network) management, Multiprotocol or unified storage, Fibre Channel (FC) SAN
Clustered NAS, NAS hardware, NAS management
Disk arrays, Disk drives, Solid-State Storage, RAID
Disk-based backup, Tape backup and libraries, Data storage backup tools, Data reduction and deduplication
Disaster recovery and planning, Remote data protection, Secure data storage
Data storage compliance and archiving, Primary storage capacity optimization, Data management tools, Tiered storage, Remote and offsite data storage
Enterprise storage, planning and management, HPC storage, Outsourced storage and storage service providers, Small business storage, Storage management jobs and salaries, Storage vendors, Storage market research reports, Data center storage
Definition
An Andrew file system (AFS) is a location-independent file system that uses a local cache to reduce the workload and increase the performance of a distributed computing environment. A first request for data to a server from a workstation is satisfied by the server and placed in a local cache. A second request for the same data is satisfied from the local cache.
The Andrew file system was developed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
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Amazon’s AWS Storage Gateway may be creating 'co-opetition' with other cloud appliances, but appears to be lacking in enterprise features.