We look at global distributed file systems that put enterprise data under a single file access namespace so that enterprises and branch offices can get to data from anywhere.

NFS, developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, is a distributed file system protocol that allows a user on a client computer to access files over a network much like local storage is accessed. NFS is ...

Read more on file, object and block storage. Global file systems: Hybrid cloud and follow-the-sun access.We look at global distributed file systems that put enterprise data under a single file ...