Shared File Systems

Shared File Systems enable storage on one server to be utilized by multiple servers. Shared file systems typically utilize NFS (Unix) or CIFS (Windows). Shared file systems are often utilized for clustering applications.

For more information on Shared file systems, read Shared file systems: a mixed blessing by Benjamin Kuo.

• GFS
• OCFS
• General Parallel File System (GPFS)
• Matrix Server
• Tivoli SANergy

Categories of ESM Tools

• Enterprise Storage Management Suites
• Storage Device Management Software
• Storage Accounting Software
• Storage Capacity Planning Software
• Storage Network Management Software
• Storage Network Performance Management Software
• Storage Provisioning Software
• Data Backup Software
• Information Lifecycle Management Software
• Tape Library Management Software
• SAN Design Software
• Storage Virtualization Software
• Shared File Systems
• Data Replication Software
• Application Storage Management Software