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DataPlow SAN File System
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<h2 id="platforms">Platforms</h2> <p>It is supported on <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a>, <a href="/facts/OS_X/Y93vVpTm">OS X</a>, and <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>. </p><p>Supports all SAN-based, block-level storage protocols including <a href="/facts/Fibre_Channel/C7C0yreb">Fibre Channel</a> and <a href="/facts/ISCSI/oxaQpYBc">iSCSI</a>. </p> <h2 id="features-and-specifications">Features and specifications</h2> <p>Interoperability </p> <ul><li>Supports NFS and CIFS/Samba file serving</li> <li>Supports virtual machine software: Microsoft, VMWare, and Zen</li> <li>Supports all major backup software</li> <li>SAN features: virtualization, zoning, snapshots, mirroring, and redundant network connections</li></ul> <p>Security </p> <ul><li>High security mode</li> <li>UNIX: POSIX compliant permissions</li> <li>Windows: Access control lists (ACLs)</li></ul> <p>Specifications </p> <ul><li>ASCII, UNICODE, and UTF-8 filename character encoding</li> <li>Supports binary executables</li> <li>User-level (Advisory) record locking</li> <li>Journaling for fast recovery</li> <li>Extent addressable storage minimizes fragmentation</li> <li>UNIX: Volume attaches to mount-point</li> <li>Windows: Volume attaches to drive letter</li> <li>Buffered, synchronous, asynchronous, direct, and memory mapped I/O</li></ul> <p>Limits </p> <ul><li>255 character filename length</li> <li>Unlimited pathname length</li> <li>8 Exabyte file size</li> <li>64 Exabyte volume size</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.dataplow.com/Products.htm">"DataPlow Products"</a>. <i>Web site</i>. Retrieved May 24, 2013.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Functionality and Performance Evaluation of File Systems for Storage Area Networks (SAN)" (PDF). <a href="http://www.ptpnow.com/sanresearch/funct_wp.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ptpnow.com/sanresearch/funct_wp.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>