Jonathan Goldick

With all of the new advances in file systems and file server technology how do you know which ones are the best for you? This presentation will provide a framework for evaluating file systems approaches and a look at how each approach is evolving.

Topics discussed will include: survey of local, SAN, clustered, NAS, global, and wide area file systems, how application characteristics should affect your choice of file systems, as well as performance, scalability, ease of use, data management, deployment and maintenance and cost considerations.

With all of the talk about how storage systems will be impacted by large amounts of relatively inexpensive Flash little has been said about how file systems will need to change to take advantage of it. This tutorial will cover how file systems are evolving tiered architectures to leverage Flash.

Learning Objectives

Characteristics of Flash that are relevant to file systems.
What data should and should not be put on Flash and why.
How tiering works in a file system and whether it's better handled at the array.

With all of the talk about how storage systems will be impacted by large amounts of relatively inexpensive Flash little has been said about how file systems will need to change to take advantage of it. This tutorial will cover how file systems are evolving tiered architectures to leverage Flash.

Learning Objectives

• Understanding how Flash will impact file systems.
• Characteristics of Flash that are relevant to file systems.
• How tiering works in a file system and whether it’s better handled at the array.