Wednesday 20 May 2009

Online Backup - What's Cloud Storage?


If you've had a look at the Back Up Solutions web site, you'll have noticed that it describes itself as "online cloud storage". What does this mean?

Actually most web-based online backup services could be referred to as "cloud storage" systems. The term "cloud" is sometimes used as a metaphor for the whole Internet, based on the complex infrastructure it conceals. A diagram of any complex computer network could be made to look like a cloud. When you use any complex computer application, such as a blogging service like this, it is based on an incredibly complex structure of interacting computers and servers. But you don't see that - you just see the final result. That is, you log on to the blogging service, or clink a link to read the blog. Most of us never think of the complex infrastructure beneath all this.

Some computer users, particularly businesses, use "cloud data storage" INSTEAD of storing their data on their computer, rather than as a backup for data that's actually on the computer. This can be useful for users who have such large amounts of data that it would be hard to find enough space on a single hard drive.

But it's not always all that simple - more about this in the next post. Meanwhile don't forget to check out Back Up Solutions to find out more.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the update . The cloud back up system is benefit to enterprises and is the best choice to store business critical sensitive data. It helps to protect against software corruption and theft and natural disasters.

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