17.0 INTRODUCTION17.1 THE LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL VIEW OF FILES17.2 THE ROLE OF THE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM17.3 LOGICAL FILE ACCESS METHODS17.4 PHYSICAL FILE STORAGE17.5 FILE SYSTEMS, VOLUMES, DISKS, PARTITIONS, AND STORAGE POOLS17.6 THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE17.7 NETWORK FILE ACCESS17.8 STORAGE AREA NETWORKS17.9 FILE PROTECTION17.10 JOURNALING FILE SYSTEMSSUMMARY AND REVIEWFOR FURTHER READINGKEY CONCEPTS AND TERMSREADING REVIEW QUESTIONSEXERCISES