File area network — File Area Networking refers to various methods of sharing files over a network such as storage devices connected to a file server or network attached storage (NAS). Background Data storage technology over the years has evolved from a direct… … Wikipedia
File server — In computing, a file server is a computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files (such as documents, sound files, photographs, movies, images,… … Wikipedia
Network file management — This article is about an information technology system. For the autosomal dominant genetic disorder NFM, see Neurofibromatosis. Network file management (NFM) is a data storage management related category that was identified and defined in 2004 by … Wikipedia
Network File Management — (NFM) is a data storage management related category that was identified and defined in 2004 by several prominent data storage analysts. The term is used interchangeably with NAS Virtualization and File Virtualization among data storage industry… … Wikipedia
Timeline of virtualization development — Timelines Note: This timeline is missing data for important historical systems, including: Atlas Computer (Manchester), GE 645, Burroughs B5000* 1964 ** IBM Cambridge Scientific Center begins development of CP 40. * 1965 ** IBM M44/44X,… … Wikipedia
Application virtualization — is an umbrella term that describes software technologies that improve portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized… … Wikipedia
Operating system-level virtualization — is a server virtualization method where the kernel of an operating system allows for multiple isolated user space instances, instead of just one. Such instances (often called containers, VEs, VPSs or jails) may look and feel like a real server,… … Wikipedia
Memory virtualization — In computer science, memory virtualization decouples volatile random access memory (RAM) resources from individual systems in the data center, and then aggregates those resources into a virtualized memory pool available to any computer in the… … Wikipedia
Storage virtualization — refers to the process of abstracting logical storage from physical storage. The term is today used to describe this abstraction at any layer in the storage software and hardware stack.Key conceptsAddress space remappingVirtualization of storage… … Wikipedia
Open Virtualization Format — (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or more generally software to be run in virtual machines. The standard describes an open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and… … Wikipedia
