file server
Shared storage computer
A file server is a computer on a network dedicated to storing and managing files that multiple users can access.
Unlike personal storage, a file server centralizes documents, media, and data so that anyone with permissions can retrieve or modify them: The company's file server crashed, and nobody could access their spreadsheets.
File servers range from simple shared drives in small offices to massive enterprise systems.
Restricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
- encryptionConverting data into code
firewall · audit trail · ACL · LDAP · Active Directory · intrusion detection · SSL/TLS · privilege escalation
Network file sharing protocol
- FTPData transmission standard
- shared folderNetwork location for group files
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
- syncCoordinate timing or data
download · upload · SharePoint · intranet · home directory · read-only · read-write
Computer's internal storage device
- SSDChip-based storage device
- RAIDDisk virtualization technology
- NASNetwork-linked storage device
- SANBlock-level storage network
volume · partition · capacity · terabyte · petabyte · allocation · defragmentation · hot-swappable
Informal photograph taken quickly
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- disaster recoveryRestoring systems after catastrophe
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- versioningTracking successive iterations
archive · full backup · data protection · rollback · cold storage
Fixed in standardized enclosure
- datacenterFacility housing networked computers
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
load balancing · clustering · virtualization · UPS · cooling · scalability · gigabit · bandwidth
access control
Restricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
encryption · firewall · audit trail · ACL · LDAP · Active Directory · intrusion detection · SSL/TLS · privilege escalation
SMB
Network file sharing protocol
- FTPData transmission standard
- shared folderNetwork location for group files
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
sync · download · upload · SharePoint · intranet · home directory · read-only · read-write
hard drive
Computer's internal storage device
SAN · volume · partition · capacity · terabyte · petabyte · allocation · defragmentation · hot-swappable · quota
snapshot
Informal photograph taken quickly
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- disaster recoveryRestoring systems after catastrophe
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
versioning · archive · full backup · data protection · rollback · cold storage
rack-mounted
Fixed in standardized enclosure
- datacenterFacility housing networked computers
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- redundancyNeedless duplication
failover · load balancing · clustering · virtualization · UPS · cooling · scalability · gigabit · bandwidth · latency
- data storagehard drive, hard drives, backup, gigabyte, flash drives
- IT Infrastructurecloud computing, data center, virtual machine, VM, router
- IT systemssoftware, hardware, databases, networks, network
- networkingrouter, routers, LAN, WAN, switches
- storage systemscloud storage, database, data warehouse, backup system, archive folder
- Serverswaiter, waitress
file serverclient
One who hires professionals
workstation · terminal · dumb terminal · desktop computer · personal computer
file, service, files, server, filing, filed, services, servitude, servicing