How is WOS different from traditional filers and file systems using block storage?
Traditional storage systems “live” in one location. Even if multiple sites are connected through a SAN, through replication software, or through wide area file services (WAFS), the storage and file systems in each location are separately managed. Coordination and synchronization of content between sites is difficult and tedious, if not impossible. In contrast, WOS is a distributed system managed as a single entity. With WOS is it easy to make multiple copies of content and keep it synchronized. A WOS Cloud can be geographically dispersed, yet managed from a single easy-to-use Web interface. With WOS you’ll never have to think about RAID groups, LUNs, consistency groups, or other block-level storage semantics. You’ll never have to think about file systems, directories, paths, inodes, or other file-level storage semantics. In short, you can focus on what’s really important to you — growing your business.
