GSA (Global Storage Architecture) is a

distributed file system A clustered file system is a file system which is shared by being simultaneously mounted on multiple servers. There are several approaches to clustering, most of which do not employ a clustered file system (only direct attached storage for ...

created by IBM to replace the

Andrew File System The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of t ...

and the

DCE Distributed File System {{Distinguish, Distributed File System (Microsoft) The DCE Distributed File System (DCE/DFS)

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GSA Presentation by Stanley Wood
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