Blog posts tagged
"UAS"

2 posts

Canonical
18 May 2015

What are the different types of storage: block, object and file?

Article Cloud and server

Networked storage services are generally classified in the way they are consumed and interfaced with on the client side. The most traditional service type is shared filesystem, or simply “file storage”, which as the name implies offers to multiple clients the ability to access a single shared folder. The two most...

Canonical
18 May 2015

Canonical
18 May 2015

What is software-defined storage?

Article Cloud and server

What is software-defined storage, and how do NAS and SAN appliances compare to software-defined storage? Large-scale storage presents an inherent scalability challenge: how do you connect multiple disk drives with producers and consumers of data while ensuring performance and durability — and furthermore, without...

Canonical
18 May 2015