This month's "Tech Report" will help you learn the ins and outs of a wide area file system (WAFS). WAFS technology allows a remote office to interact with a corporate data center as if it were local -- allowing file access and data transfers in almost real time. It's a growing trend among IT users, so read up on who's who in the WAFS world, and how it can reduce you data needs and speed up remote backup processes.
TECH REPORT
Click here for the original tech report from Storage magazine. This article also includes a downloadable comparison table about WAFS software.
For more information about WAFS, take a look at these SearchStorage.com resources:
Dispelling myths: WAFS and remote backup
IBM wafts into WAFS
Tacit tabs news president to ramp up biz
Cisco pushes storage consolidation
Brocade previews server provisioning play
NetApp supports Cisco WAFS
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