Monday 3 October 2011

Advantages & disadvantages of cloud Storage (not finished)

Advantages:
The primary advantage of cloud storage as a means of keeping your data is that you will be able to access it anywhere that you can gain access to the internet, this could be a computer anywhere in the world, a mobile phone or through a tv that is connected to the internet. This is an obvious positive point for those who would otherwise have to carry around large amounts of data on their devise or on hard drives.
The second biggest selling point of cloud storage is that it negates the need to have large amounts of storage on your computer or mobile device as all of the space needed is on a server elsewhere, and so allowing your personal computer to run faster. Another vertue of cloud storage is security. Should your device be stolen, files that would have otherwise been stored on it would not be lost and you would still have access to your files once you had replaced your device.

Disadvantages:
The two biggest disadvantages to cloud storage would be access and security. Firstly, you only have access to your files when you have an internet connection, and when the servers where they are stored are connected to the internet. Secondly, files could become vulnerable to unauthorised access and thus could potentially view large amounts of your data.