Such network-specialized cluster approaches also require extensively specialized software; Network Appliance and Intel of Santa Clara, Calif., have proposed such a new file system architecture and protocol called the
Direct Access File System [9].
Our extensive use of NetApp solutions at SAS and our ongoing collaboration around the
Direct Access File System (DAFS) have us convinced that Network Appliance has solutions to serve enterprises today and the vision to build the storage infrastructure for tomorrow."
The InfiniBand and Architecture and the
Direct Access File System (DAFS) protocol are key to accomplishing this critical job.
(Nasdaq:NTAP), a provider of enterprise network storage solutions, has announced the industry's first DAFS (
Direct Access File System) storage product.
The
Direct Access File System (DAFS) protocol promises to further accelerate this trend by adding high performance and transport independence to the TCO advantage.
The
Direct Access File System (DAFS) is a lightweight file access protocol optimized for high-performance, mission-critical data center environments.
The
Direct Access File System (DAFS) is a file access protocol, based on NFSv4 that is being designed to take advantage of new standard memory-to-memory interconnect technologies such as VI and InfiniBand in high-performance data center environments.
The
Direct Access File System (DAFS) protocol is a new file access method designed to provide application servers with high performance low latency access to shared storage pools over Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, and other VT-compliant transports in data center environments.
Charting the emergence of the
Direct Access File System
Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance said, "Giganet's experience in implementing VI networking protocols into hardware is integral to Network Appliance's s strategy of supporting open storage networking standards, developing future high-performance protocol prosposals like
Direct Access File Systmes (DAFS) and leveraging VI over Ethernet."
Editor's note: CTR Associate Editor Christine Chudnow conducted an interview with two charming industry evangelists and
Direct Access File System (DAFS) co-chairs: Dave Dale of Network Appliance and Mitch Shults of Intel.
This was the first ERP benchmark in an advanced real-world business environment using
Direct Access Files System protocol.