File servers are at the core of almost all IT infrastructures. File sharing is essential to collaboration and is a vital component of growing volumes of unstructured information. File storage is a key ...

After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again. By Mattathias ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

You can encounter the file system error (-1073741819) on your computer when an app attempts to access memory without permission. The error occurs due to corrupt ...

Over 660,000 exposed Rsync servers are potentially vulnerable to six new vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity heap-buffer overflow flaw that allows remote code execution on servers. Rsync is ...

Most desktop search systems maintain per-user indices to keep track of file contents. In a multi-user environment, this is not a viable solution, because the same file has to be indexed many times, ...

Data is critical to businesses of all sizes, and the idea of being able to store it anywhere and access it everywhere is immensely appealing. This is the promise of global file systems (GFS), which ...

Abstract: Advanced UNIX file systems differ substantially from traditional UNIX file systems with respect to their internal layout and data structures. This paper analyzes these differences and their ...