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CIS 527

Lecture 17 - File Servers Overview

File Server

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File Server

Storage Disks

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Storage Disks

Disk Formatting

  1. Low Level Formatting / Initialization
  2. Partitioning
  3. High Level Formatting (File System)

Low Level Formatting

Servowriter

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Disk Partitioning

Disk Partitions

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High Level Formatting

Windows

Ubuntu

Access Technologies

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)

Serial AT Attachment (SATA)

Connectors

SCSI
PATA
SATA

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Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)

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Storage Access Protocols

Common Internet File System (CIFS)

Network File System (NFS)

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Storage Area Network (SAN)

SAN vs NAS

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What does a File Server do?

Storage Virtualization

Storage Virtualization

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Assignments