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Cloud Storage Models

● Instance storage: Virtual disks in the cloud

● Volume storage: SAN

● Object storage: Web-scale NAS


Instance storage
● An instance store provides temporary block-level storage for your instance.

This storage is located on disks that are physically attached to the host

computer.

● Instance store is ideal for temporary storage of information that changes

frequently, such as buffers, caches, scratch data, and other temporary

content.

● It can also be used to store temporary data that you replicate across a fleet

of instances, such as a load-balanced pool of web servers.


Instance storage
Volume storage: SAN

● SAN technology addresses advanced enterprise storage demands


by providing a separate, dedicated, highly scalable
high-performance network designed to interconnect a multitude
of servers to an array of storage devices.
● The storage can then be organized and managed as cohesive pools
or tiers.
● A SAN enables an organization to treat storage as a single
collective resource that can also be centrally replicated and
protected, while additional technologies, such as data
deduplication and RAID, can optimize storage capacity and vastly
improve storage
NAS (Network Attached Storage)
● An NAS device is a storage device connected to a network that allows
storage and retrieval of data from a central location for authorised network
users and varied clients.

● NAS devices are flexible and scale out, meaning that as you need additional
storage, you can add to what you have.

● NAS is like having a private cloud in the office.

● It’s faster, less expensive and provides all the benefits of a public cloud on
site, giving you complete control.
Filesystem
● Filesystem is the way in which files are named and where
they are placed logically for storage and retrieval. Without a
file system, stored information wouldn't be isolated into
individual files and would be difficult to identify and
retrieve.
● As data capacities increase, the organization and
accessibility of individual files are becoming even more
important in data storage.
● File systems can differ between operating systems (OS), such
as Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux-based systems
How file systems work

● A file system stores and organizes data and can be thought of as a type of index
for all the data contained in a storage device. These devices can include hard
drives, optical drives and flash drives.

● File systems specify conventions for naming files, including the maximum
number of characters in a name, which characters can be used and, in some
systems, how long the file name suffix can be. In many file systems, file names
are not case sensitive.
Filesystem
● A file system also includes a format to specify the path to a file through the structure of

directories. A file is placed in a directory -- or a folder in Windows OS -- or subdirectory at

the desired place in the tree structure. PC and mobile OSes have file systems in which files

are placed somewhere in a hierarchical tree structure.

● Before files and directories are created on the storage medium, partitions should be put

into place. A partition is a region of the hard disk or other storage that the OS manages

separately. One file system is contained in the primary partition, and some OSes allow for

multiple partitions on one disk. In this situation, if one file system gets corrupted, the data

in a different partition will be safe.


Types of Filesystem
● File allocation table (FAT) is supported by the Microsoft Windows OS. FAT is
considered simple and reliable, and it is modeled after legacy file systems. FAT
was designed in 1977 for floppy disks, but was later adapted for hard disks.
While efficient and compatible with most current OSes, FAT cannot match the
performance and scalability of more modern file systems.
● Global file system (GFS) is a file system for the Linux OS, and it is a shared disk
file system. GFS offers direct access to shared block storage and can be used as a
local file system.
● GFS2 is an updated version with features not included in the original GFS, such
as an updated metadata system. Under the terms of the GNU General Public
License, both the GFS and GFS2 file systems are available as free software.
Hierarchical file system (HFS) was developed for use with Mac operating systems. HFS can also
be referred to as Mac OS Standard, and it was succeeded by Mac OS Extended. Originally
introduced in 1985 for floppy and hard disks, HFS replaced the original Macintosh file system.
It can also be used on CD-ROMs.

The NT file system -- also known as the New Technology File System (NTFS) -- is the default file
system for Windows products from Windows NT 3.1 OS onward. Improvements from the
previous FAT file system include better metadata support, performance and use of disk space.
NTFS is also supported in the Linux OS through a free, open-source NTFS driver. Mac OSes
have read-only support for NTFS.

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