October 2023

POSIX — the Portable Operating System Interface — is the standard API used by UNIX and conforming non-UNIX (including Windows) operating systems to maintain compatibility with each other. The POSIX standard allows applications written for one operating system to work on others with minimal-to-no reworking depending on the other APIs required, greatly reducing the complexity …

Is POSIX Outdated in the Cloud Era? Read More »

Implementing cost-effective, scalable storage has traditionally presented problems to developers. While object storage is cheap and scalable, it requires that existing tools be adapted to work with cloud providers' APIs rather than the filesystem.  Historically, tools that bridge the gaps between object storage and POSIX environments have suffered limitations — particularly poor performance, scalability, or the …

cunoFS is a High Performance POSIX Layer for Object Storage Read More »