About the StorNext File System

The StorNext File System streamlines processes and facilitates faster job completion by enabling multiple business applications to work from a single, consolidated data set. Using SNFS, applications running on different operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Mac OS X) can simultaneously access and modify files on a common, high-speed SAN storage pool.

This centralized storage solution eliminates slow LAN-based file transfers between workstations and dramatically reduces delays caused by single-server failures. In high availability (HA) configurations, a redundant server is available to access files and pick up processing requirements of a failed system, and carry on processing.

Note: The maximum supported file name is 255 bytes. The maximum supported path length is 1023 bytes. In Linux, paths may be longer than 1023 bytes, but such paths are not compatible with certain StorNext features including Storage Manager, Directory Quotas, and Replication.