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In this issue, the editor will bring you about the benefits of server cloud storage. The article is rich in content and analyzes and describes it from a professional point of view. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

With the development of cloud servers, cloud storage solves the problem of hardware damage by copying files and having different servers. Cloud storage knows where the files are stored, and when the hardware is damaged, the system will automatically direct read and write instructions to the files stored on another storage server to keep the service going. Here are the top 10 benefits of cloud storage:

1: hardware redundancy

2: automatic failover

Downtime caused by traditional storage system upgrade-when the traditional storage system is upgraded, the old storage device files need to be backed up, then stopped and replaced with a new storage device, which will lead to the suspension of service. Cloud storage does not rely on a single storage server, so the hardware update and upgrade of the storage server will not affect the provision of storage services. The system will migrate the files from the old storage server to another storage server. When the new storage server is online, the files will be migrated back. This is the third benefit.

3: storage device upgrade will not cause service interruption

Traditional storage system data growth judgment error-when adding a service item, sometimes misjudge the data growth, which will lead to the waste of purchasing in advance. The expansion of cloud storage is very simple, and the storage capacity allocated to each project can exceed the actual storage capacity. For example, the total capacity of the hard disk is only 100TB, but the system can set the capacity of 200TB or even 300TB for the project. When 100TB is running out, you can purchase servers. This is particularly beneficial for storage service providers. This has three advantages.

4: capacity allocation is not limited by physical hard disk

5: save electricity

6: provide timely capacity expansion

Capacity limit-traditional storage uses serial expansion, no matter how many expansion boxes it is connected to, there is always a limit. The architecture of cloud storage is parallel expansion, and the capacity is not enough. As long as you purchase a new storage server, the capacity will increase immediately, almost unlimited. This is another benefit.

7: massive parallel expansion

Traditional storage is based on physical volume mapping. If the application side needs to read several storage at the same time, it must mount each storage to the application side, which is very difficult for applications that need to see all the data and index at the same time. Cloud storage provides a unified name, which allows applications to access the data of the entire storage pool with this name, which is very convenient for application development.

8: unified external name

Excessive concentration of workload-when there are several storage devices, it is inevitable that the workload will be unevenly distributed, some storage is not in use, and some are overloaded, which will lead to the bottleneck of overall storage performance. Cloud storage will distribute the workload evenly to different storage servers to avoid bottlenecks caused by the excessive workload of individual storage servers, so as to maximize the performance of the storage system.

9: load balancing

Management-the management of storage is very complex, different storage vendors have different management interfaces, and data center personnel often need to face different storage products. In this case, it becomes very complicated to understand the usage of each storage (capacity, load, etc.). For cloud storage, no matter how many storage servers, in the eyes of managers, is just a storage. Managers only need to purchase servers when the overall hard disk capacity is running out, and the usage of each storage server can be seen on a management interface.

10: easy to manage

Traditional storage has almost strict requirements for the consistency of hard disk, which must be of the same brand, capacity and model, otherwise the operation of the system is easy to have problems. With the rapid change of the IT industry, when the hard disk is damaged after 2 or 3 years of use, the hard disk of the same type can not be replaced. There is no such problem when using cloud storage. The design principle of cloud storage does not require hard disk consistency. Hard disks of different media, capacity, brand and model can all work together. This can protect users' previous hardware investment and will not be wasted.

These are the benefits of server cloud storage shared by Xiaobian. If you happen to have similar doubts, please refer to the above analysis to understand. If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel.

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