Metadata is data that describes other data. By summarizing basic information about other data, which is usually kept inside a big database, metadata makes it easier to understand, find, and work with ...

This superblock is sort of a metadata for the metadata: in the block, we can store information about the file system, such as how many inodes there are (80) and where the inode block is found ...

File System Metadata: The VIP bouncer of your data party. This metadata watches your file’s every move, from creation date to last modification.

Using a metadata filing system as opposed to folders requires a slight shift in the way you think. It's not difficult, but it is something you have to work at a bit to truly acquire the habit.

System Metadata refers to a computer’s storage system and is used to identify where files are located on the hard drive as well as the file’s name, size, and usage.

Data Direct Network (DDN) Exascaler Lustre Storage System includes its Infinite Memory Engine with a flash memory NVM-based buffer cache that can store metadata and other frequently used content.

It does copy and reformat file system metadata, but does not erase the old metadata until the rewritten metadata has checked out. If you have more than one drive however, other drives must be ...

In the process, the researchers have created a DNA-based image-storage system that is somewhere between a file system and a metadata-based database. The problems.