Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.38 (Part 2) – File systems
The H
Some of the optimisations of VFS (Virtual File System), which offers basic functions for all file systems, in 2.6.38 were especially important for Torvalds, who could not hide his excitement in a detailed description in an email on the first ...
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DataDirect Networks (DDN) Funds Open Source HPC Initiative and Offers Free ...
Marketwire (press release)
"In response to requests from the HPC community, we are now stepping up our support and investment in the Lustre open source file system, thereby ensuring that Lustre remains the file system of choice for research facilities and corporations for the ...
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SSDs Harder to Securely Purge of Data than HDDs
eWeek
Sanitizing single files allows the filesystem to remain usable but it was a “more delicate operation,” the researchers said. For software that sanitized drives by overwriting the drive multiple times, doing it twice was usually sufficient, ...
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Tips for Easier Unit Testing in C#
Visual Studio Magazine
While most configuration data on a Windows application will be saved to the local file system, changes in requirements could mean that we need to save the data elsewhere. By working with a "least common denominator", the Stream, we're able to support a ...
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Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Fault Not Liable To Be Exploited
ITProPortal
The flaw, which was discovered by an unknown researcher simply named 'Cupidon-3005', is related to a Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability in the CIFS (Common Internet File System) browser service module, eWeek reports. Microsoft Malware Protection ...
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Patent reform up in the Senate
The Hill (blog)
The bill would modernize the US patent system, moving it from a first-to-file system to a first-to-invent system. That change, aimed at reducing patent litigation costs, would bring the US system in line with those of almost every other country in the ...
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