From entity media to cloud storage: you will no longer have data

From ancient to ancient times, people are always in the record, are in storage. From ancient stone carvings, bamboo slips, to cloth, paper, to compact discs and flash memory, storage has been becoming simpler and more massive.


　　


in the computer, and the Internet, in just a decade, storage has undergone tremendous changes. From small-capacity floppy disks to oversized removable hard disks, from portable high-capacity discs to smaller USB drives, from solid media to network-based cloud storage. Regardless of capacity, media or use, personal storage has a qualitative upgrade.


　　


in the past, we save data to disk, CD-ROM, hard disk, the data is our own, and in the internet age, you no longer have the data, you only have access to data and editorial rights.


　　


the evolution of storage mode


　　


1, hardware storage


　　


Ten years ago everyone was using floppy disks and CDs as media for their data storage, but now it's rare to find devices with floppy drives. Floppy drive in the history of the trend is phased out, optical drive is also facing the same fate. More and more laptops are no longer equipped with optical drives, such as most netbooks, tablets, MacBook, etc. When Flash is available and gradually increases storage capacity, users have rarely used a device that occupies more than 30% of the size of the notebook.


　　

The hot plug,
and portability of the USB flash drive provide a very convenient way for users to store. But the USB drive also began to gradually fail to meet people's need for data storage, people prefer to store and access data anytime, anywhere. With the reduction of hardware costs, the maturity of the Internet and software, the era of networked storage has come.


　　


a dress pattern designed by Dacode is a good way to express the development path of electronic data storage:


　　


2, cloud storage


　　


A mailbox is the most basic web-based data storage tool. Before the birth of large capacity mailboxes, people are more or less using their own mailbox to store some important document files. When large mailboxes are upgraded to large capacity space, people often use mailboxes to store files for their own use.


　　


with the popularity of the network, the speed of the promotion of network hard disk emerged. Network hard disks are not limited to file storage services like Rapidshare, but also include storage and sharing of Web2.0 services like Flickr and YouTube. Network hard drives make data sharing easier and faster. Imagine you do not need to send the CD from Beijing Courier to Guangzhou to be able to share your wedding video with friends in Guangzhou.


　　


in fact, although the concept of cloud storage is proposed in the last two years, its actual application began more than 10 years ago with an internet-based email system (the concept was first introduced by Hotmail, and Gmail is now a symbol in this field). Web2.0 's popular services, from Docs documents to Evernote notes, from Facebook to Twitter chatter, are also built on cloud storage mechanisms. It can be said that not every netizen knows the existence of cloud storage, but at least 80% Internet users have already lived in the cloud.


　　


3, Cloud computing


　　


Light storage is not enough, why not let cloud server for us to complete the task, but we completed the task and then upload data to the cloud server?


　　


Googledocs,zohooffice is the representative of cloud computing. They not only store your data, you can also edit the data on these platforms and collaborate with many people.


　　


second, the total win cloud storage


　　


a few years ago, a 1MB MP3 format music might meet your needs. Now, a 30MB ape format music may not meet your needs, even, you want to collect 1080P music mv.


　　


A few years ago, you might take a CD to a friend's house to copy the music (no discussion of legality). Today, you may send your friends directly via IM, or you want your music library to be shared with friends, and when you add new songs, friends can see and listen directly.


　　


personal storage is developing in two directions for mass and social sharing.


　　


faced with such a strong user demand, manufacturers will certainly not miss the opportunities brought by cloud storage. Manufacturers have launched a large capacity of storage services, such as the recent introduction of Jinshan fast, Grand Everbox, 115 network disk, data bank, of course, the world's most famous rapidshare.


　　


for manufacturers, for several reasons they have to force in the cloud storage area:


　　


1, the user needs strongly


　　


users need large capacity storage, the need for convenient and efficient network sharing, the need for efficient cooperative office. Driven by these strong user needs, more and more enterprises are bound to join in the competition of cloud storage and cloud computing.


　　


2, low storage medium price


　　


Moore's law allows us to have a clear expectation of the price and capacity of electronic products, and many times the development of technology is even more exaggerated than the predictions of Moore's law. Storage media is one such example.