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active file system

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Storage

A file system in use, excluding its snapshots.

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Related Storage terms

copy-on-write (COW)
COW
Shadow Copy
SnapRestore
snapshot
Snapshot reserve
Snapshot Technology
volume copy
Vsnap
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service)

Nearby Storage terms

(PC)NFS
A Tape Subsystem
A Transport
ABARS (Aggregate group Backup And Recovery Support)
access control list (ACL)
Access storage
Account Migrator Service (AMS)
ACDS (Active Control Data Set)
ACF (Automatic Cartridge Facility)
ACL
ACL (access control list)
ACS (Automated Cartridge Systems)
ACS (Automatic Class Selection)
active file system
Active Negation
Active Server Page (ASP)
Active Termination
adapter
address resolution
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
administration host
Administrator
ADS (Active Directory Service)
ADSM (ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager)
AES
Agent
AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape)
ALDC (Advanced Lossless Data Compression)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

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