A filesystem is a fundamental component of any operating system. It is the system that manages how data is stored and retrieved on a storage device. In the world of Linux, filesystems play a crucial ...

Split your metadata from your files, and suddenly your sluggish document system becomes fast, scalable and surprisingly cheap to run.

Knowing what makes up the physical structure of a management information system gives you insight into how it works and helps you use it more effectively. When you are aware of the information flow ...

The rise of the cloud, the emergence of hyper-convergence and the lightning-fast speeds of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) flash have perhaps masked some of the fundamentals of storage. But, at ...