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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Aymatth2 (talk | contribs) at 01:42, 30 September 2009 (→Focus of this article: sort of a mess). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Focus of this article

A virtual file server can mean several totally different things:

  1. A traditional file server deployed on a virtualized platform.
  2. A single virtual server as far as the users see that is implemented using multiple physical or virtual servers for redundancy or load balancing.
  3. A virtual file service provided through cloud computing.
  4. Accessing any type of file server across a VPN.
  5. A SAN.
  6. A NAS.

The current article tries to be all things and gets tied around its ankles in the process. We have separate articles on all these topics. What are we trying to accomplish here? I can't find a current industry standard definition of the exact term "virtual file server". This article started life as an ad for a specific product with this name. I'm not sure that it is salvageable. UncleDouggie (talk) 23:59, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes, well ... Maybe it should be turned into a sort of disambiguation page? The term is used quite often, probably with one of those meanings or any of several others. The list above indicates the entries in the disambig list. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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