The SAN File System (SFS) is a high-performance,
clustered file system
A clustered file system is a file system which is shared by being simultaneously mounted on multiple servers. There are several approaches to clustering, most of which do not employ a clustered file system (only direct attached storage for ...
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 serv ...
(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,
Solaris,
OS X
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the market of desktop and lap ...
, and
Windows.
Supports all SAN-based, block-level storage protocols including
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed data transfer protocol providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data cent ...
and
iSCSI.
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