How do most file systems cache?
The vast majority of systems use block level caching. There is no way of knowing…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
Does A/V FS support thin provisioning?
Yes. A/V FS is an Ethernet SAN system with a single file system with one…
What does one name space mean?
One name space mostly describes a system which underneath combines multiple file systems. Such system…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
What does single file system mean?
Single file system means that there is only one directory/folder tree giving access to all…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
How is A/V FS organized?
With a SAN file system both data and the file system (metadata) are kept and…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
Why another file system?
Unfortunately open source file systems such as XFS, ZFS and others cannot be easily tuned…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
Why Ethernet SAN?
Ethernet is what everybody uses and is thus affordable. SCSI over Ethernet (iSCSI) is an…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
Why a SAN file system?
To get the highest possible data bandwidth over a network the connection should not carry…
FlowingwebOctober 22, 2020
