Clearing up storage device terminology
CNET (blog)
For some purposes the cross-use of these terms seems to work out, but at other times it can lead to confusion, especially when troubleshooting storage media, when terms like disk (or "disc"), memory, media, filesystem, volume, partition, ...
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SGI expands Lustre file system support, joins OpenSFS
The H
SGI has announced that it is expanding its support of the Lustre high performance, distributed, parallel file system and will provide "level 3" and "complete end-to-end coverage" for customers. This brings the company's support of the open source file ...
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File System Auditing That Works
IT Business Edge (blog)
Make no mistake — your company's critical data MUST have a rock-solid auditing and compliance policy in place. If one doesn't exist, you're gambling with unauthorized users getting into sensitive (and private) information! ...
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How to enable exFAT in Ubuntu
Australian Personal Computer
We show you how to take advantage of the exFAT filesystem and all its benefits for your Ubuntu setup in just a few simple steps. Today's modern filesystems were built with spinning-disk hard drives in mind. This is true for Linux's Ext2/3/4, ...
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Why tape is essential to IT Organizations
CTR (blog)
Probably the most important advancement, however, is the Linear Tape File System (LTFS), a capability that makes it easy to locate files on tape. I plan to write more about LTFS in future articles. LTO 5 offers a native capacity of 1.5 terabytes. ...
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USB Dummy Protect, Create Fake Files To Block Viruses
Ghacks Technology News
The software worked fine on a 64-bit Windows 7 Pro test system. The developer notes that it only works on USB devices of up to 4 Gigabytes if they use the FAT file system. You can download USB Dummy Protect from the project homepage at Google Code.
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