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Cloud storage solutions offer many advantages to in-house solution. Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3 and other large solutions can be implemented quickly and securely with proper planning and execution. As a storage architect its is important to consider these offerings when choosing a disaster recovery plan and offsite backup solutions.

Background:

When looking at these technologies we should examine major vendor price and benefits and any limitations that we may find.

Subsection 1

It is recommended for this discussion you look into concepts for Microsoft Storage, Amazon S3 and Google Storage as well. Look at things like price, but also consider how this storage will be accessed, how it is protected in the cloud and how quickly you can recover from a data loss.

Subsection 2

Resources that will be helpful in this task:

Microsoft Azure Storage Blobs (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/)

Amazon S3 (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/)

Google Cloud Storage Classes (https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/storage-classes)

Prompt

Research two of the cloud based storage solutions and discuss at least three pros and cons for using these storage solutions for backup and recovery versus a solution in your datacenter like a traditional tape storage library or disk to disk to tape solutions.

For your citation, you might use articles that show examples of good balance or bad balance. You can also find articles from experts that suggest what the balance should be.

Your initial and reply posts should work to develop a group understanding of this topic. Challenge each other. Build on each other. Always be respectful but discuss this and figure it out together.

Reply Requirements

Per the Due Dates and Participation Requirements for this course, you must submit 1 main post of 150+ words, 1 APA citation, and reference