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Cloud Storage Services
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Cloud Storage Services
Cloud computing has advanced data storage and accessibility, meeting diverse
individual and organizational accessibility demands. The quality of data storage has improved
with the transition from electronic to online storage services. Information stored on the cloud
is convenient due to ease of access and flexibility in its transfer. Despite earlier fears
associated with the online storage of data, cloud services have been associated with very few
hacking cases. Therefore, using cloud-based facilities for data storage is the best alternative
to traditional electronic devices such as hard disks and mechanical servers.
I will prefer storing my information in the cloud to the hard disk. Personal data such
as official documents, important letters, projects, emails, photos, and videos are among the
information I will store online. Scanned documents such as certificates and other
organizational operation files allow me to access them from any particular point through
mobile devices or available computers. Therefore, I will go for cloud storage services at all
times due to the easy accessibility of information and the availability of enough storage
space.
Over time, I have developed unwavering trust in cloud storage facilities due to the
security of stored data. According to Nachiappan et al. (2017), the rampant hacking
associated with servers has been cured by introducing cloud services. The new technology
employs sophisticated features that assure users of the security of their data. Additionally,
customized programs unique to each user prevent the manipulation of data by potential
hackers. Cloud facilities also provide data encryption services not available in electronic
devices such as hard disks (Li et al., 2018). As a result, the new technology has made it
possible to store information, including passwords, due to enhanced security. Therefore,
trusting cloud services is no longer a challenge to any user due to its proven security status.
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There are several benefits that I can derive from using cloud services as compared to
traditional electronic devices. Cloud vendors provide a significant amount of storage space,
saving the customers the storage costs (Iliadis et al., 2014). The feature will save on my cost
of acquiring extra hard disks and the associated enclosures. The services also reduce the
onsite hardware and software management, streamlining the monitoring and capacity
planning. Data redundancy is also provided with the service allowing the movement of
information across data centers and geo-replication of data. Therefore, cloud storage offers a
sophisticated medium through which data handling has been made easy at no extra costs.
On the contrary, I expect to experience slow backups, complicated restoration, and
high internet utilization challenges. The internet and the cloud storage accessibility speed
may be lowered due to low connection compared to the electronic devices (Alshammari et al.,
2017). The servers and backups can also consume a significant amount of time running in the
background derailing the data accessibility process. However, internet challenges have been
cured with the establishment of unlimited connections with fixed subscriptions. Therefore,
effective mitigation of associated challenges still puts cloud services as a storage facility of
choice to many internet users.
The transition from traditional electronic storage to cloud storage services is crucial.
The confidence in the security and reliability of cloud storage services has been improved
with advancements in technology. The new developments have enabled users to encrypt
information and restrict access using unique passwords, thus reducing vulnerability to
hacking. Therefore, personal and corporate data can be stored comfortably on cloud storage
services.
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References
Alshammari, A., Alhaidari, S., Alharbi, A., & Zohdy, M. (2017, June). Security threats and
challenges in cloud computing. In 2017 IEEE 4th International Conference on Cyber
Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud) (pp. 46-51). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCloud.2017.59
Iliadis, I., Sotnikov, D., Ta-Shma, P., & Venkatesan, V. (2014, November). Reliability of
geo-replicated cloud storage systems. In 2014 IEEE 20th Pacific Rim International
Symposium on Dependable Computing (pp. 169-179). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/PRDC.2014.30
Li, J., Li, P., Stones, R. J., Wang, G., Li, Z., & Liu, X. (2018). Reliability equations for cloud
storage systems with proactive fault tolerance. IEEE Transactions on Dependable
and Secure Computing, 17(4), 782-794. https://doi.org/10.1109/TDSC.2018.2882512
Nachiappan, R., Javadi, B., Calheiros, R. N., & Matawie, K. M. (2017). Cloud storage
reliability for big data applications: A state of the art survey. Journal of Network and
Computer Applications, 97, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2017.08.011
