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From File Systems to the Cloud and Back

From File Systems to the Cloud and Back Cloud storages today are a terrific alternative to saving data on regional computer or in NAS storage. Begun with Amazon S3, such services are used by a dozen of companies, consisting of Microsoft with their Azure Blob Storage. The benefits of cloud storage are nearly boundless storage capability (use as much as you require, not as you have), the range in between the storage and your location (the information will not be lost in an accident or fire, and gain access to of 3rd parties to your information is seriously restricted), decreased cost of information management. At the same time cloud storage works in the way that doesn't match routine techniques to storage access, such as hierarchical file systems and relational databases. Internally developed as big tables with an index and BLOB field for information, they do not provide adequate versatility that submit systems or database management systems can offer to the designer and user. The d...