File systems and UUIDs have a special relationship on Linux systems. What are these very long identifiers and how can you view the connections between them and disk partitions? The /etc/fstab file is ...

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims ...

The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

Many people today work on mixed networks, with both Linux and Windows systems playing important roles. Sharing files between the two can be critical at times and is surprisingly easy with the right ...

Changes impacting storage are taking place at every layer of the network architecture: Disk drives are continuing on a Moore’s law-like cost/capacity curve, yet concurrently we are also seeing the ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” is a line from Rudyard Kipling’s The Ballad of East and West. It could also apply to Windows and Linux. If you don’t know what you’re ...

How to use Unison to sync files on Linux machines across a network Your email has been sent With Linux there are so many ways to synchronize and/or backup files over a network. For many, rsync and scp ...

So, I want to build a NAS, maybe something based on TrueNAS/FreeNAS, or similar. All of them support a variety of network filesystems, like CIFS/SMB, NFS, etc. What I'm wanting to know, is there an ...

In its latest gesture to the open-source community, Microsoft Corp. today pledged to make its widely used exFAT file system available on Linux. The software, which is also known as the Extended File ...