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Arrays Score with Both File and Block
sponsored by Storage Magazine
Posted:  26 Mar 2008
Published:  01 Mar 2008
Format:  HTML
Length:  5  Page(s)
Type:  Journal Article

ABSTRACT:

File-system protocols like CIFS and NFS treat files as a single entity. For example, when a user opens a file, it's opened in its entirety and then locked to prevent others from modifying it. This is ill-suited for apps where data is accessed at a sub-file level, such as databases where small pieces of information are continuously read and updated within a larger file. Without question, block-based storage protocols like SCSI, iSCSI and FC are superior to the file-based access methods of NAS when it comes to non-file-based data access.
 
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AUTHOR: 

Jacob Gsoedl


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