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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

File virtualization company Acopia Networks Inc. is no longer a start-up. The Lowell, Mass., outfit, launched five years ago and backed by $85 million in venture funding, has been shipping its boxes ...

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 ...

A server is a specialized computer that provides services such as file hosting to client computers on a network. The scope of a server's duties can differ extensively, with Wide Area Network servers ...

LAS VEGAS -- April 27, 2004 -- Apple has now introduced Xsan, a high-performance, enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at $999 per system. "Apple's pro video and IT customers ...