Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

Backups pose a complex dilemma for any organization. Countless backup methodologies, hardware and software have proven their scalability to meet varied operational requirements. But the trick is ...

AI agents run on file systems using standard tools to navigate directories and read file paths. The challenge, however, is that there is a lot of enterprise data in object storage systems, notably ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

There are instances when a GUI file manager just won't work. When I run into those situations, I have several terminal-based options. Sometimes, a GUI just won’t do. For example, I might be logged ...

NTFS, an acronym that stands for New Technology File System, is a file system first introduced by Microsoft in 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. The Windows Server line of operating systems ...

Linux server admins must think carefully about which file system to choose -- XFS or ext4 -- based on each device's role and storage requirements. Desktop deployment and support personnel may find a ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Application-based, file-based, and block-based migration all have their own merits and use cases. Choosing the right solution starts with understanding their differences. Data migration is a critical ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...