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The
Hype
- Imagine having all of your
IT, data, applications & processing power, in some nebulous cloud where
you seem to have no real control, security, reliability
or ownership. It almost sounds too good to be true w/ things
like minimal initial investment, preconfigured applications and offloaded responsibility for
the software & hardware infrastructure. Why are all of the big guys
either coming out with it, like
EMC, Parascale, Seagate, Google & HDS, or trying to scare
you away from it, like SUN and almost anybody needing to
write an article. APIs are being written, encription is being integrated into
Cloud Server nodes & magazines are telling backward countries that, since
they have no existing storage infrastructure, they should think about starting
with the cloud! What is the real story? Cloud Apps - Cloud computing runs the gamut from simple,
free VMs running on someone else's computer to scalable
and often virtualized resources delivered as a service over the
Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control
over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports
them. Cloud computing services often provide common business
applications online that are accessed from a web browser, while the
software and data are stored on the servers. Services available
range from on-demand computing power, email archiving, file serving
and BACKUP, Cloud's Killer App, to any custom solutions you
might require while mitigating most of the initial investment.
These services are provided by companies like Google, Iron
Mountain, Seagate, etc. and sold through channel partners like Even
Enterprises. Cloud Storage - Although cloud storage seems like a new concept, it gained early popularity with Web2.0 startups looking to outsource storage administration and was originally delivered as a service. This concept evolved and the industry now embraces two types of cloud storage, public and private. These Tier 2 & 3 storage solutions may offer significent savings but many factors must be considered before choosing one that's right for you. Coupling inexpensive storage servers with software that creates large, highly reliable, scalable & available clustered filesystems allows for different new paradiem on 200 terabyte to multi petabyte storage pools. Usage patterns, security & application requirements, performance, cost, etc. will determine whether cloud storage, public or private, is a good fit for you. Companies like Hitachi, Parascale, EMC, us, NEC, etc. are leading this new wave.
Hitachi Data Systems Parascale
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