Cloud storage areas frequent new IT online storage services Market potential

    There are now many vendors and service providers that are bullish on online storage services (also called "cloud storage"). They argue that online storage will make a huge appeal to large and small businesses as the economy slides, the IT budget decreases, and the cost-saving pressures of the technology sector increase, as well as the amount of data stored. This week, two companies brought different types of products into the online storage market.

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Initial company axcient a combination of storage devices and online backup services, targeted at small and medium sized enterprises that provide easy, fast storage for small and midsize enterprises, while also securing data securely at remote sites. The company's chief executive, Justin Moore, described the combination as a "hardware plus software as a service," and said the combination would be more than 200 employees, and that data storage and protection would be very attractive to 10-20GB companies.

Moore says: "The small and medium-sized enterprise market wants more solutions to protect their data and hopes that this solution does not cost too much." The online storage we offer can be used for disaster recovery, and our local storage is available for quick recovery. Our cloud storage is very convenient. Recovery is a hard thing to do, and we've solved this problem with our storage devices. The product channel for the

Axcient is a reseller and system integrator. Axcient provides a range of devices with different storage capabilities that can be automatically connected to the outbound data center that Axcient operates. Moore says the product portfolio contains a linux-based operating system developed by Axcient that allows users to add new services and functionality more easily, and also provides centralized management. The device can automatically discover PCs and servers on the network, be able to file backup or folder backups, and compress and encrypt data before it is sent to the outbound data center. Specific services for this portfolio also include backup, archiving, disaster recovery, and server continuity (storage devices can save a server image so that the mirror can be run in place of server failure).

Moore says that the system does not use proxies and does not require any software to be installed, and that users can store multiple copies of data in different sites for greater redundancy. Changes to critical data can be backed up continuously to shorten the backup window. The system works in conjunction with Windows, Linux, and Macs computers. The system is sold through distribution channels and its starting price is less than 100 USD/month. Prices vary depending on the storage capacity of the device and the amount of data that is stored in the outbound storage.

Storage Switzerland, founder of George Crump, said: "It's really wise to use a local device for cloud backup." "One of the key features of this product mix is that it leverages an internal storage device so that when a server failure occurs, the storage device can be run as a server." "Most small and midsize enterprises cannot afford redundant servers, so this should be a very popular feature." The

It hosting companyThe planet has also launched another online storage approach. The planet currently has more than 20,000 global customers, hosted more than 48,000 servers, and hosts 1500多万个 Web sites. The company currently has six data centers and provides server hosting, host hosting, and server leasing services.

like Axcient, the planet also provides both local and cloud storage. But the planet's local network-attached storage is in the company's datacenter, and cloud storage is in its remote data center. The planet and Nirvanix collaborate on remote data centers. Nirvanix built a storage network node at the planet's Dallas Remote Data center. The combination of these two companies allows customers to store data in different data centers around the world for greater redundancy and security. The

The planet Storage and Data Protection Division general manager Rob Walters says the Nirvanix node "provides an inlet ramp for cloud storage." Internal NAS (network-attached storage) delivers superior performance, while the cloud allows us to replicate globally. Customers can also use nodes around the world to reduce latency. The

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The Planet recently set up a hosting business unit and provided a package service. "For us, cloud storage is a natural extension," says Walters. "The planet charges according to capacity and bandwidth. The starting price for the storage fee is: Local node 40 cents GB Month, remote node 25 cents GB Month. The company also gives a calculator on the Web page that customers can use to calculate the cost.

This service will be extremely attractive to the planet existing customers. Walters says the company is considering providing backup and archiving services to companies that have not yet used the company's managed services.