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24 Oct 2005 | SearchStorage.com

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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.

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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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