5. The benefits of Cloud Storage
As we've already said, Cloud Storage's appeal lies in its five key features:
based on ;
scalable and elastic ;
shared ;
recognized on utilization ;
use of Internet technologies.
5.1 Costs
The first aspect of Cloud Storage is the cost price for the user. Users no longer buy hardware and make investments; they buy usage and target their needs according to the information they want to store. The cost of storage is thus transformed from a balance sheet item to be amortized into a service expense. In effect, the user receives a complete service, including hardware, software...
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Bibliography
- (1) - Forecast : External controller-based disk storage. - Worldwide, 2011-2015, 1Q11 Update, Gartner, 15 mars 2011.
- (2) - - http://aws.amazon.com/fr/ec2/188-5068371-6766308/...
Software tools
The status of the Cloud Data Management Interface Reference Implementation standard is still incomplete. However, a code and the corresponding interface status documents are available at http://cdmi.sniacloud.com/http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/CDMI_RI_0c.zip
...Websites
Amazon S3 – Service agreement http://aws.amazon.com/fr/s3-sla/
Up-to-date information and status of problems encountered http://status.aws.amazon.com/
Cleversafe http://www.cleversafe.com/
...Events
Online events proposal: webcast http://www.brighttalk.com
Gartner Symposium http://Gartner.com/eu/symposium
CNIT Cloud computing event October 2011 http://www.mobility-for-business.com
...Standards and norms
- http://www.securite-informatique.gouv.fr/gp_article85.html - ISO 27001 -
- http://sas70.com/ - SAS 70 -
Regulations
European Data Protection Directive http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/information_society/data_ protection/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive
Patriot Act...
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Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Dell Equalogic http://www.equallogic.com/http://www.dell.com
Seanodes http://www.seanodes.com/
Isilon...
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