Cloud storage is a relatively new concept that is becoming a more
recognizable term in industry vernacular. Originally delivered as a service,
it gained early popularity with Web 2.0 startups looking to outsource storage
administration. As the concept spread and offerings expanded, the industry
has now embraced two flavors of cloud storage: public and private. This
article reviews the choices a user faces when choosing a private versus
public cloud storage offering. It describes data types and identifies
scenarios where cloud storage is a good solution and where it is a poor fit.
This article also covers usage patterns, security, performance and cost
implications to educate the reader on differences between public and private
cloud storage.
Public Versus Private, What ... (more)
The ParaScale Blog
Last week the masses converged on San Jose for the SYS-CON convention that
covered SOA, Virtualization and Cloud Computing. The event spanned three days
and was very well attended. I was surprised at how crowded the sessions were
given the state of the economy these days.
That is until I headed over to the SOA side of the conference. Granted the
rooms were bigger but th... (more)
In my previous article, "Cloud Computing Public or Private? How to Choose
Cloud Storage," we covered choosing between public and private cloud storage
and the appropriate data types for cloud storage. This month we will dig
deeper into the workloads and file creation patterns that best fit cloud
storage with a focus on private clouds. Rather than file types, the
discussion will cover how... (more)
Cloud Computing Journal
Tier1 analyst Antonio Piraino quantifies the public cloud service market to
be around $300M in 2009 and conservatively estimates 100% growth per year for
the next three years. Cloud storage is estimated to be about 40-60% of this
market. Although cloud computing has garnered a lot of early attention, the
near term opportunity is cloud storage, since customers can ... (more)
Mike Maxey is director of product management for ParaScale, a Silicon Valley startup focused on addressing the exploding bulk storage requirements for digital content and archival data.
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