on-line store Aug. 16 news: NetApp and Cisco is entering the wide-area file system (WAFS) market. This means that the office will be able to Cisco WAN equipment (that is, the document engine products) to close to the speed local area network access to data center files. NetApp and Cisco agreement, including NetApp fiber-attached storage (FAS) systems, NearStore nearline storage systems and V Series virtualization systems for Cisco's WAFS products that provide hardware and software support. The idea is to WAFS file from a remote branch offices and moved to the data center, data center to provide professional and reliable data protection. By accelerating the speed of network access —- Cisco file engine —- the role of remote users through the wide area network link to access the data center access to the documents, the local area network or LAN close to the speed of access. Cisco file engine products, the use of high-speed protocol-level caching, compression and network optimization technology, the wide area network access through the file server to reduce the delay time to a minimum. Documents to support the engine Windows (CIFS) and Unix (NFS). At present, in addition to the above-mentioned two companies, Brocade WAFS also focus on promoting its products to enter the market.