Cloud Storage Definitions
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bare-metal cloud
Bare-metal cloud is a public cloud service that offers dedicated hardware resources without any installed operating systems or virtualization infrastructure.
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blockchain storage
Blockchain storage is a way of saving data in a decentralized network, which utilizes the unused hard disk space of users across the world to store files.
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cloud data management
Cloud data management is a way to manage data across cloud platforms, either with or instead of on-premises storage.
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Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI)
The Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) is an international standard that defines a functional interface that applications use to create, retrieve, update and delete data elements from cloud storage.
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cloud encryption
Cloud encryption is a service cloud storage providers offer whereby a customer's data is transformed using encryption algorithms from plaintext into ciphertext and stored in the cloud.
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cloud NAS (cloud network attached storage)
Cloud NAS (network attached storage) is remote storage that is accessed over the internet as if it is local.
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cloud SLA (cloud service-level agreement)
A cloud SLA (cloud service-level agreement) is an agreement between a cloud service provider and a customer that ensures a minimum level of service is maintained.
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cloud storage API
A cloud storage API is an application programming interface that connects a locally based application to a cloud-based storage system so that a user can send data to it and access and work with data stored in it.
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continuous data protection (CDP)
Continuous data protection (CDP), also known as continuous backup, is a backup and recovery storage system in which all the data in an enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.
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enterprise storage
Enterprise storage is a centralized repository for business information that provides common data management, protection and data sharing functions through connections to computer systems.
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file synchronization (file sync)
File synchronization (file sync) is a method of keeping files that are stored in several different physical locations up to date.
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Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Storage is an enterprise public cloud storage platform that can house large unstructured data sets.
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green cloud
Green cloud refers to the potential environmental benefits that green IT services delivered over the internet can offer to individual companies and society as a whole.
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hybrid cloud storage
Hybrid cloud storage is an approach to managing cloud storage that uses both local and off-site resources.
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NetApp
NetApp, formerly Network Appliance Inc., is a company in the computer technologies industry specializing in data storage hardware and associated management software.
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pay-as-you-go cloud computing (PAYG cloud computing)
Pay-as-you-go cloud computing (PAYG cloud computing) is a payment method for cloud computing that charges based on usage.
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personal cloud storage (PCS)
Personal cloud storage (PCS) is a local network-attached storage (NAS) device that lets users store data, photos, music, videos and other files and is optimized for media streaming.
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private cloud storage (internal cloud storage)
Private cloud storage, also called internal cloud storage, is a service delivery model for storage within a large enterprise.
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public cloud storage
Public cloud storage, also called online storage, is a service model that provides data storage on a pay-per-use basis.
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utility storage
Utility storage is a service model in which a provider makes storage capacity available to an individual, organization or business unit on a pay-per-use basis.