Cloud-Based Storage: Types, Pros and Cons

CLOUD-BASED STORAGE
The study about the cloud-based Storage. The pros and cons of cloud based. The details on this report
are based on how the cloud based storage have evolved for the few years. Also we will be able to study
and know how the advantages and the disadvantages of cloud storage help in choosing which type of
cloud service to choose and migrate to. This may be good if one institution has some sensitive data that
might be more confidential and hence some privacy needed when authenticating authorization.
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Table of Contents
1.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................2
2.0 Cloud-based Storage background................................................................................................3
3.0 Research Design and Analysis.........................................................................................................3
3.0.1 Research design..............................................................................................................................3
3.0.2 Data collection Methods.................................................................................................................3
4.0 Cloud-based storage Types...........................................................................................................4
4.0.1 Public cloud storage.................................................................................................................4
4.0.2 Private cloud storage...............................................................................................................4
4.0.3 Hybrid cloud storage................................................................................................................4
5.0 Pros and Cons of Cloud-based Storage............................................................................................5
5.1 Advantages........................................................................................................................................5
5.1.1 Cost efficient........................................................................................................................5
5.1.2 Unlimited storage.................................................................................................................5
5.1.3 Backup and recovery............................................................................................................5
5.1.4 Easy access to information...................................................................................................5
5.1.5 Quick deployment................................................................................................................5
5.2 Disadvantages....................................................................................................................................5
5.2.1 Technical issues...................................................................................................................6
5.2.2 prone to attack......................................................................................................................6
5.2.3 Security in the cloud............................................................................................................6
6.0 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

1.1 Introduction
In the present world we have been asking what and how this current technology have come to be
what it is, asking more to what is cloud storage and how and where cloud storage is applied.
Making it to be real but not a fact it might be hard to explain what it is theoretically but indeed is
a very promising technology that has taken over globally when ICT is concerned. Understanding
it theoretically as the way we describe and illustrate cloud based storage as a computing model in
circumstances the data and information is stored on very secure and servers that are remotely
located then using the normal hard disks we used to.
In referring to cloud way of defining we can term it as servers which are collaborative and serves
as host which host all the information they always acquire and receive from the requests done
globally anywhere and anytime as far as there is some internet connections. The below report
will be based on how the cloud-based storage work, cloud storage types and the pros and cos of
cloud-based storage especially when one have an idea of migrating to cloud storage. Some of the
major and significant areas to be discussed will be as follows.
 Cloud storage definition
 Cloud-based storage background
 Pros and Cons of Cloud-based Storage
 Types of cloud-based storage
 Research methodology
 Computing in clouds
 Conclusions and recommendations.
In comparisons with other storage devices in cloud storage the data and information in entirely
stored on storage of servers that are virtual other than on devices such as CDs and the disks may
it be hard or flash where it is entirely stored on physical gadgets. The figure below shows a
diagram illustrating a simple cloud-based storage explaining the concept of virtualization.