Unstructured Storage Management: 12 major advantages of cloud storage

According to IDC researchers, 80% of corporate data today is unstructured and is growing at a 60% annual rate. As we know, unstructured data is about storing information in a file system, not a database. Importantly, the researchers say the average proportion of data used regularly is only 1% to 5%. Today, the amount of unused data is huge and growing, which occupies most of the space of the first tier of storage in the enterprise, which causes the waste of storage resources. How do you better store your global scope without affecting your day-to-day work, and what are the different types of files that are potentially valuable? Previously, you would have thought of buying a storage device, but its storage capacity is always limited. Today, with cloud storage, you need to pay for the level of cloud storage services, and a growing number of IT departments are using the cloud storage model. The following describes the advantages of storing business data in the cloud.

Data center consolidates mobile data, increasing user reach

As companies compete in the global economy and their workplaces are increasingly dispersed, IT personnel face new challenges in enabling them to effectively access the necessary data for the company. The global branch companies need to share a large number of files and databases of read/write operations, which greatly increased the complexity of database management, but also the continuous outbreak of various data synchronization and accuracy problems, thus affecting the efficiency of enterprises.

Cloud storage services can reduce storage costs and complexity

Cloud storage services are becoming more sophisticated, and companies of all sizes are starting to take advantage of data storage outsourcing. Cloud storage services, which greatly reduce the cost of storage infrastructure and operational costs of the enterprise, greatly reduce the amount of work required to manage unstructured data storage and are unmatched in storage flexibility. In addition, cloud storage services help to create an unprecedented economic scale.

No more talk about streamlined configuration, 0 supply

Most service providers set the level of cloud storage based on the actual storage capacity. You only need to pay for the amount of data used at that time window. Storage architects are no longer required to purchase, install, and manage storage facilities, which often exceed current storage requirements.

Meet the flexibility needs of the enterprise

Today your company uses 200TB of storage capacity, then pay 200TB. Suddenly, the company will add 34TB of capacity tomorrow, eliminating the hassle of upgrading the infrastructure, you just need to pay the service provider additional capacity before the billing cycle. If the need for partial data is temporary, it is simple to remove unwanted data from the cloud, thereby reducing overall business usage and costs. In the past, the underlying storage facilities within the enterprise did not have the advantage of fast conversion of storage capacity and budget flexibility.

Data Security One

If you've ever built a data center, you know where the physical security is. Unauthorized people passing through several physical security gateways are less likely to steal company data. If you check the services provided by any one cloud storage vendor, you will find that these data centers not only prevent unwanted physical access, but also work properly when confronted with any natural and man-made disasters.

Data Security Two

In addition to physical security, it is important for businesses to protect company data and prevent malicious access. A growing number of vendors offer cloud storage gateway devices, both remote cloud storage and local applications, designed to provide high performance data security. A gateway is used to process front-end data stored procedures. In fact, data is stored in some of the infrastructure of service providers, such as Rackspace, At&t, i365, Amazon S3, and so on.

Backup, disaster recovery is no longer difficult

Backup, disaster recovery processes and requirements become increasingly complex, expensive, and time-consuming. Cloud storage services, which can significantly reduce this cost and complexity. If you store large data in the cloud, you can copy the data to multiple dispersed locations.

Intelligently determines the best data and applications for cloud storage

Any technology, there is no universal solution, cloud storage is the same. By carefully examining your current underlying storage facility, application generation, and data consumption, the more you perform analysis, the clearer the cloud storage is typically used for layer 2nd data and data sets, and the need to share data across multiple locations to achieve a perfect fit.

More significant than capacity: globally unified NAS

Cloud storage services, combined with a sophisticated cloud gateway solution, is possible to deploy a globally unified NAS storage architecture, depending on the capabilities of the current enterprise. Data producers and consumers in many parts of the world have been able to access mission-critical data in real time, bringing collaboration and efficiency to unprecedented levels.

More significant than capacity: NAS for global collaboration

Companies around the world require large data sets, such as hardware and software design, financial data, and geological data to work together. Currently, the method of providing shared read/write access can only be challenging, and the collaborative work of data synchronization has some risks. These challenges have been largely eliminated with the advent of cloud storage and sophisticated cloud gateway solutions.

More significant than capacity: policy-based data replication

Cloud storage, combined with complex Cloud Gateway solutions, Enterprise storage architects are not only able to collaborate to access centrally stored datasets, but can easily store certain subset data in a fully synchronized way.

Data migration More convenient

Finally, cloud storage solutions are still in the early stages of the market, and will continue to improve in terms of technology, reliability and economics over the next few years. With a perfect cloud gateway solution, enterprises have the ultimate power to make long-term commitment to provide better service. Cloud controllers provide exceptionally flexible replication capabilities, coupled with super fast capacity-adding capabilities, so you can easily migrate data from one server to another.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)