Private cloud storage has 5 advantages in enterprise applications

1. Cloud Storage Concept

Cloud storage is a new concept that extends to the concept of cloud computing, it refers to the use of cluster applications, grid technology or distributed file system or similar grid computing functions together to work together, and through a certain application software or application interface, to provide users with a certain type of storage services and access services.

Cloud storage is divided into private cloud storage and public cloud storage. From the point of view of cloud construction, the public cloud is a cloud service from the Internet, and the private cloud is a cloud service from inside the enterprise. In terms of how cloud services are provided, all applications in the public cloud are provided to users in the form of services, while private clouds are "cloud + end", bringing together servers, software, and storage devices, and then providing endpoint users with services. From the point of view of the service object, private cloud is built for "one group" customers, deployed within the enterprise firewall, providing effective security of data security and quality of service, building a dedicated cloud in enterprise data center, public cloud is to provide scalable flexible service to external customers through network mode.

This paper describes the application of private cloud storage in enterprise.

2. Advantages of cloud storage

Cloud Storage has the following 5 major advantages:

(1) Easy to expand: according to the number of server users and space to expand storage space in time, will not affect the use of front-end users.

(2) Reliable security: Data synchronization effectively avoids the problem of loss of damage caused by media storage data. At the same time, the server uses the disk array and the tape off-line backup way, guaranteed the cloud storage security.

(3) Resource controllability: Users can actively control data access rights.

(4) Improve resource utilization: centralize data, and users can access data at any location, on a stand-alone or mobile device. The realization of resource sharing and collaborative work in the network reduces the traditional resource exchange and improves the utilization of resources.

(5) Cost reduction: significantly reduce the use of mobile storage devices, reducing the cost of enterprises.

And the enterprise private cloud storage has added several advantages on this basis:

(1) Speed advantage: Private cloud storage built inside the enterprise, relying on high-speed LAN greatly improve the speed of access, upload and download.

(2) Security advantages: Private cloud storage autonomous management, data physical security and leak-proof risk further enhanced.

3. Corporate demand for private cloud storage

At present, enterprise data by storage location generally has two parts, part of the application system to provide data support, stored in the center of the server room, and the other part of the daily work of the individual documents, stored in the personal computer. Data that is stored in the server generally takes the form of tape offline backup to ensure the physical security of the data. There are two main methods of data backup for personal computers, which are backed up by mobile media and file Server (FTP). This way more trouble often can not be backed up in time, only a few people do not regularly hand back. In addition, mobile media easily damaged and lost, once lost there will be leakage risk, can not completely solve the single machine data security problems.

Why do companies need private clouds? Some companies that have misgivings about moving critical data to the public cloud are the right targets for implementing private clouds. In particular, some scientific research units, for them the day-to-day output of data, information are corporate secrets, or even directly restrict the future of enterprises. For them not only need cloud storage to replace the traditional mobile media storage or FTP storage, effectively eliminate the personal computer equipment hardware failure caused by the loss, more need private cloud storage reliable, secure and high-speed resource integration.

And for enterprise employees, private cloud storage is also the first choice to ensure the safety and reliability of user data. The ① private cloud addresses the drawbacks of traditional storage and public cloud delivery services. ② Public cloud is growing, facing the fittest, the enterprise private cloud storage will not because the market 0 demand and lead to service stop and data loss. ③ Private cloud storage can ensure the safety of enterprise data through reasonable supervision of data, recording various operations.

4. Enterprise Private Cloud storage main function

Enterprise Cloud storage is mainly to achieve the personal computer designated directory files automatically synchronized, the same account, in more than one device login, to maintain the connection with the last login device, synchronized to the latest version. The second is to meet resource sharing and collaborative work, and reduce data redundancy by integrating resources. The following is based on the enterprise's private cloud storage needs of in-depth research, from data security, convenient management, the use of convenience, such as the formation of the enterprise's cloud storage function to explore.

Synchronization: The implementation of the user to the personal calculation of the specified directory of specific types of files automatically synchronized with the server cloud, real-time monitoring of user file changes. Automatically backs up files in a timely manner without requiring user intervention. When a user creates, modifies, or deletes a file (directory), it automatically updates the synchronization and ensures the security of the user's important files. When the user moves the office, can directly from the cloud access, omitted the Removable Storage medium copy process, enhances the user work efficiency. When a new computer is replaced, personal files from the original computer are automatically synchronized from the cloud storage to the new computer when the user logs on.

Network disk: Users can store infrequently used files in the cloud storage, thereby saving local storage space, improve the physical security of files, and facilitate the sharing of resources.

Sharing: A user can share any file (directory) of a network disk or sync disk with a group or other user. Only need to store a file in the cloud storage, the shared people do not need to download the store can browse online, to achieve resource sharing. If the source file is modified, all the people who share it will get the updated file immediately.

Version management: Delete, modify all versions of the file are ordered in the history, users can retrieve the most recent historical version in the cloud storage. Online browsing and editing: For commonly used file types such as: PDF, Office files, video, txt light file to achieve online browsing. Implement online editing of TXT and Office files. The image realizes the function of the digital photo album, the online thumbnail, the slide way browsing.

5. Concluding remarks

Cloud storage is a new technology, private cloud storage is the most effective way to solve the data security of the enterprise. The application of cloud storage in the protection of the physical security of stand-alone data, enterprises can completely prohibit the use of mobile storage within the enterprise, file Exchange through the network to achieve. such as the use of cloud storage, e-mail, instant Messaging tools to exchange information, easy to log management of electronic files, improve the controllability of enterprise electronic documents. With the widespread application of cloud storage, the private cloud storage based on LAN will be more and more mature, the user can realize data at any time, anywhere access, especially solve the problem of many machines, mobile office, can greatly improve the work efficiency. And the data security is ensured while the resource sharing is realized.