Linux Rings in the New Year with 3.2 Kernel
Server Watch
The Ext4 filesystem is getting a boost that will see filesystem blocks grow to up to 1 MB in size up from the traditional 4 KB. "This adds supports for bigalloc file systems," Linux kernel developer Ted Ts'o wrote in his initial code commit. ...
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Training for the Race to the Patent Office
Texas Lawyer
The first-to-file system goes into effect March 16, 2013. The act's first-to-file provision will create a race to the US Patent and Trademark Office never before experienced in the United States. In preparing for this race, in-house counsel should ...
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Windows 8 Storage Spaces detailed: pooling redundant disk space for all
Ars Technica
With Storage Spaces, physical disks are grouped together into pools, and pools are then carved up into spaces, which are formatted with a regular filesystem and are used day-to-day just like regular disks. Unlike RAID systems of old, but in common with ...
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FBI Sentinel Is Only "Modestly" Behind Schedule
IEEE Spectrum
The decade long saga of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) effort to deploy a comprehensive information and investigative case management system began with the doomed Virtual Case File system and continues with the already over cost and ...
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Linux 3.2 kernel released: What you need to know
ExtremeTech
File transfers should see the same efficiency boost, speed-wise. Some filesystem optimizations have been included too, designed to make Linux more scalable in large storage configurations, especially on enterprise systems. ...
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AutoVirt Shuts Down Months After Launching Channel Program
The VAR Guy
But Mead attributed the company's demise to its inability to support Network File System (NFS), which he claims many customers and channel partners were looking for. “Not supporting NFS was our downfall,” Mead said in a prepared statement. ...
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Sweden Declares File-Sharing Church a Religion
The Mark
Ever-progressive Sweden has officially recognized Kopimism – a belief system started by a philosophy student that claims file-sharing is a religious act – as a religion. Founded by 19-year-old Isak Gerson in 2010, Kopimism is based on the tenet that ...
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WD'S My Book® Live™ Duo Personal Cloud Storage With Dual Drives Offers High ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Compatible with Mac ® and PC operating systems, My Book Live Duo continuously maintains a second copy of all your files for real-time data backup in mirrored mode (RAID 1). Half the capacity is used to store users' data and half is used for a second ...
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BitTorrent declares war on Dropbox, sharing services
ZDNet (blog)
... Inc. has revealed a personal cloud storage system to rival sharing services like Dropbox, Insync and Google Docs. The new application is simply called Share, and allows users access to cloud storage in order to save and exchange personal files. ...
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The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Hadoop v1.0
Muktware
It comes with HBase transaction logging, with performance enhanced access to local files for HBase. Inspired by Google's MapReduce and Google File System papers, it is used by many of the big players in the tech field; Amazon.com, AOL, Apple, eBay, ...
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