INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CLOUD AND LOCAL STORAGE PRESENTED BY DANIEL WRIGHT POOL 4 WHAT IS CLOUD STORAGE ? Cloud Storage Simply put, the cloud is the Internet—more specifically, it's all of the things you can access remotely over the Internet. When something is in the cloud, it means it's stored on Internet servers instead of your computer's hard drive. COST COST - DEPENDING ON THE PROVIDER, A CLOUD STORAGE SOLUTION COULD COST ANYWHERE FROM $5-25 PER USER PER MONTH OR A FLAT RATE OF $2-50 A MONTH. THE PRICE CAN VARY WIDELY FOR SEVERAL REASONS. CLOUD STORAGE COSTS ALSO INCREASE BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA STORED. FOR INSTANCE, THERE COULD BE ONE PLAN, GEARED TOWARDS UP TO 10 USERS WITH LIMITS ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA THAT CAN BE STORED AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM FILE SIZE THAT CAN BE UPLOADED TO THE CLOUD. CLOUD STORAGE CAPACITY CAPACITY - THOUGH CLOUD STORAGE IN GENERAL HAS A AN UNLIMITED STORAGE CAPACITY, IT'S REALLY ALL DOWN TO THE PAYMENTS YOUR WILLING TO MAKE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DATA TO BE STORED ON THE CLOUD. CLOUD STORAGE ACCESSIBILITY CLOUD STORAGE GIVES YOU ACCESS TO YOUR FILES FROM ANYWHERE. ALL YOU NEED IS AN INTERNET CONNECTION. CLOUD STORAGE SECURITY SECURITY - AS CLOUD STORAGE BECOMES MORE COMMON, DATA SECURITY IS AN INCREASING CONCERN. COMPANIES AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THEIR USE OF SERVICES LIKE GOOGLE DRIVE FOR SOME TIME, AND LOTS OF INDIVIDUAL USERS ALSO STORE FILES ON DROPBOX, AMAZON DRIVE, MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE, AND THE LIKE. THEY’RE NO DOUBT CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING THEIR INFORMATION PRIVATE—AND MILLIONS OF MORE USERS MIGHT STORE DATA ONLINE IF THEY WERE MORE CERTAIN OF ITS SECURITY. DATA STORED IN THE CLOUD IS NEARLY ALWAYS STORED IN AN ENCRYPTED FORM THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CRACKED BEFORE AN INTRUDER COULD READ THE INFORMATION. CLOUD STORAGE WHAT IS LOCAL STORAGE ? Local Storage Local storage is a process of storing digital data on physical storage devices, such as hard disc drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), or external storage devices, such as thumb drives or discs. COST THE HARDWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ARE HIGH AND ADDING ON MORE SPACE AND UPGRADING ONLY ADDS EXTRA COSTS LOCAL STORAGE CAPACITY ONE OF THE MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF LOCAL STORAGE IS THE CAPACITY. WHILE 15GB IS DEFINITELY A GOOD AMOUNT FOR CLOUD STORAGE, A HARD DRIVE CAN PROVIDE EASILY 2TB. LOCAL STORAGE ACCESSIBILITY ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL STORAGE IS THAT DATA IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SHARE YOUR DATA WITH OTHERS. TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO UPLOAD ON A HOSTED SERVER AND THEN SEND EITHER AN EMAIL OR A LINK TO THE INTENDED USER. LOCAL STORAGE SECURITY YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER HOW THE DATA IS STORED, WHO HAS ACCESS, AND INFORMATION SECURITY PROTOCOLS.IF YOUR SERVER DIES, THE DATA DIES WITH IT. THIS MAY BE THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR BUSINESSES WHEN MOVING DATA INTO THE CLOUD. DATA THAT IS STORED LOCALLY IS MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO UNEXPECTED EVENTS, SUCH AS FIRES AND FLOODS AND LOCAL STORAGE AND LOCAL BACKUPS COULD BE EASILY LOST. LOCAL STORAGE This Is The End Of My Presentation Thank You For Watching!
