Cloud Storage

Marie TuchyAlex Yuan

What is Cloud Storage?

● Store files on the Internet

● Can be accessed anywhere

History

● Web development technologies

● Web servers

History

Growth as bandwidth increased dramatically, cost of storage decreased dramatically

Bandwidth

Bandwidth

• Increased speed, bandwidth = more/larger files able to be uploaded

Cost of Storage

1981: $300,000/GB ($3000 for 10 MB)

2013: $0.0037/GB ($110 for 3TB)

Gmail:

2004: 1GB

2013: 15GB

Flickr:

2006: 200MB

2013: 1TB

General File Hosting

● Store any type of file online

● Synchronize with computers

Importance

Efficiency through Cloud Computing

● Amazon Cloud

● SkyDrive

● Youtube

● Facebook

Specialized Storage

Photos: Imgur, Flickr

Music: Soundcloud

Documents: Scribd, Google Drive

Email

● Hotmail

● Gmail

● Yahoo Mail

➔Can access from any computer

Backup

Store files online

Recoverable if local data lost

Private Cloud

• Businesses

Bibliography

•Emerge Textbook

•http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cloud_backup.html