Global Storage Architecture
Encyclopedia
GSA is a distributed file system
created by IBM
to replace the Andrew File System
and the DCE Distributed File System
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Distributed file system
Network file system may refer to:* A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network* Network File System , a specific brand of distributed file system...
created by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
to replace the Andrew File System
Andrew file system
The Andrew File System is a distributed networked file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of the Andrew Project. It is named after Andrew...
and the DCE Distributed File System
DCE Distributed File System
The DCE Distributed File System is the remote file access protocol used with the Distributed Computing Environment. It was based on the AFS Version 3.0 protocol that was developed commercially by Transarc Corporation...
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