Cloud storage for companies
Public cloud storage services attract the attention of not only small and medium-sized businesses, but also large enterprises. Of course, such storages are subject to special requirements. Key factors for enterprise-class cloud storage include not only the cost of the service, but also its reliability, security, controllability and administrative convenience, as well as the speed of access to data in the cloud.
Such storage is intended to place the data on distributed servers. Data is reserved and stored on multiple servers in the DPC protected with a high level of security and at multiple sites. For example, high reliability is achieved through the automated creation of multiple replicas of the data on separate stand-alone servers. Reliability at the Tier III level means that SLA guarantees accessibility 99.98% of the time. Therefore, enterprise cloud storage allows you to store your data reliably and cheaply, providing location-agnostic access, and you can also easily scale your resources. Consequently, you reduce your costs of creating and technically maintaining the IT infrastructure, as the service helps increase the flexibility of business processes.
It is not necessary to purchase your own DSS and other infrastructure equipment, bear the costs of its administration, updating and security provision. Constant access to cloud storage means you can work with your data and files anytime, anywhere. Your staff can get the required information more quickly, share data in case of joint activity and work with common documents. It is planned to encrypt the data provided for storage, configure access rights, log file operations, monitor and protect against threats.
Today, cloud storage services have little difference from each other: configurable structure for files and folders, possibility to configure access and similar interface. However, their internal architecture and the possibilities they offer are different. Such services are charged based on the principle of actual usage or based on the volume of available storage.
What is object cloud storage used for?
There are many different scenarios for using this cloud storage. For example: archiving, file storage and joint work with them. The tasks can be absolutely different: main storage for cloud applications, big data storage, data repository for analytics, and, of course, it is convenient to use them for backup and functional disaster recovery.
For example, object storage can be used in the following scenarios: backup storage, content publishing and letters from websites (photos, videos, files for download), video surveillance file storage, content storage and distribution multimedia ( video, music), as well as storage for the system of records, game content, big data and IoT data. There is a wide range of devices that provide access to data storage and download.
The popular service today is cloud backup. Most backup systems can be connected to our cloud storage via S3 ARI. It is also possible to work with the built-in application backup media.
Another common task is hosting static website content. In general, such storage can be used for any data that is normally stored once and may be needed in the future, be it legal documents, medical records, digital assets, media files, and other documents. For example, broadcast and media companies require large warehouses for media materials.
Users and businesses choose online storage because it is convenient, secure, and efficient. They store your files in clouds like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Dropbox based on your demands. Although Amazon is the leader in popularity, Azure and Dropbox are leaders in speed of growth.