[导读]Maintaining a single, centralized copy of data has always been IT's goal. Learn how the emergence of wide area file services (WAFS), a technology for transferring files over wide-area links with LAN-like response times, is enabling IT to again centralize applications and...
Maintaining a single, centralized copy of data has always been IT’s goal. Centralization ensures data consistency and simplifies everything from backups and virus checking to access control and auditing. However, the distributed nature of organizations, coupled with the slow speed and high latency of wide-area networks, has resulted in a proliferation of servers ? and therefore data ? in branch offices.
