The SAN File System (SFS) is a high-performance,
clustered file system created by the company
DataPlow. SFS enables fast access to shared files located on shared,
storage area network
A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily used to access data storage devices, such as disk arrays and tape libraries from ser ...
(SAN)-attached storage devices.
SFS utilizes the high-speed, scalable data transfers inherent to storage area networks and is a general-purpose file system for a wide variety of environments, including scientific computing, finance, healthcare, entertainment, defense, broadcast, and aerospace.
Platforms
It is supported on
Linux
Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...
,
Solaris,
OS X, and
Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for ser ...
.
Supports all SAN-based, block-level storage protocols including
Fibre Channel and
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface or iSCSI ( ) is an Internet Protocol-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. iSCSI provides block-level access to storage devices by carrying SCSI commands over a TCP/IP ...
.
Features and specifications
Interoperability
* Supports NFS and CIFS/Samba file serving
* Supports virtual machine software: Microsoft, VMWare, and Zen
* Supports all major backup software
* SAN features: virtualization, zoning, snapshots, mirroring, and redundant network connections
Security
* High security mode
* UNIX: POSIX compliant permissions
* Windows: Access control lists (ACLs)
Specifications
* ASCII, UNICODE, and UTF-8 filename character encoding
* Supports binary executables
* User-level (Advisory) record locking
* Journaling for fast recovery
* Extent addressable storage minimizes fragmentation
* UNIX: Volume attaches to mount-point
* Windows: Volume attaches to drive letter
* Buffered, synchronous, asynchronous, direct, and memory mapped I/O
Limits
* 255 character filename length
* Unlimited pathname length
* 8 Exabyte file size
* 64 Exabyte volume size
References
External links
* {{Cite web , title= DataPlow Products , url= http://www.dataplow.com/Products.htm , work= Web site , accessdate= May 24, 2013
Computer file systems
Disk file systems
Network file systems
Shared disk file systems