We look at file vs object storage locking mechanisms, how different forms of storage ensure data consistency, and especially how object storage is tackling the challenge.

The tree-like file system hierarchy can handle millions of files quite easily, but once you scale to billions, it can start to slow up. Massive scalability Object storage brings massive scalability.

Customers currently are ramping up their investments in distributed file systems and object storage as they chase the growth of unstructured data, which is increasingly 30% annually, Gartner says.

If this belongs in the Software Forum let me know and I'll move the post...Is there a way to disable the File System Object component for specific web sites but allow it for others? I suspect not ...

Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage include Dell, IBM, Qumulo, Pure Storage, Hitachi Vantara, NetApp, Nutanix, Weka and Red Hat.

Gary Grider from LANL presented this talk at the Storage Developer Conference. "MarFS is a Near-POSIX File System using cloud storage for data and many POSIX file systems for metadata. Extreme HPC ...

Distributed file systems have emerged as dynamic and scalable storage solutions. We explore the architectures of three distributed file systems: Google File System (GFS), Tectonic, and JuiceFS.

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant.