Similar to the way in which a storage-area network improves the management of structured data and block storage environments, a file-area network (FAN) helps improve the management of unstructured ...

As expected, Apple today announced it has begun shipping Xsan, a high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at $999 per client and per server. Xsan combines ...

As the network has become the center of the IT infrastructure, it has created often-unanticipated benefits that are helping to drive productivity and new capabilities in the workplace. One of those ...

Cisco Tuesday acquired file-area networking company NeoPath Networks for an undisclosed amount. Data breaches: Blame sloppy companies, not hackers Electronic records in the United States are streaming ...

State and local agencies look to file area networks to ease storage management. Anyone managing servers or storage knows all about file-system sprawl. Because each network-attached storage box (NAS) ...

SINGAPORE--Storage area networking (SAN) vendor Brocade Communications Systems is eyeing to grab a major stake in the emerging file area network (FAN) market. "We want companies to think of Brocade ...

Network-attached storage is the most versatile way to store data, but that's just one of the many benefits of a NAS device.

A Network Attached Storage device can provide shared storage, a Time Machine backup target, and additional useful features for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users on a local area network — and beyond. Here ...

One of the seemingly simplest things you can do to get more out of your network is to start sharing files and other stuff between different devices. It was always easy in the past and you don’t have ...

Despite the many changes in data storage over the decades, some fundamentals remain. One of these is that storage is accessed by one of three methods – block, file and object. This article will define ...

Installing LAN-Share on Elementary OS Linux. How to make file sharing easy on your network with LAN-Share Your email has been sent I’m always on the lookout for ways to make my workflow more efficient ...

Remote offices pose special problems for the data centre. Each office requires its own local servers for key applications, which then need local backups. However, since so many remote offices lack ...