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 ...

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 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 ...

Spread the love“`html Mapping a network drive in Windows can transform how you access files and resources within a network. It allows users to create a direct pathway to shared folders or drives on ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve been looking for an easy means of sharing files across your LAN, Jack Wallen believes you won’t find a tool simpler than LAN-Share. I’m always on the lookout for ways to make my workflow ...

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 ...