Comments on: Are there any real advantages to cloud storage? http://storage-news.com/2009/08/20/are-there-any-real-advantages-to-cloud-storage/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:58:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Building a TCO model for storage « Storage News http://storage-news.com/2009/08/20/are-there-any-real-advantages-to-cloud-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Building a TCO model for storage « Storage News Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:03:10 +0000 http://storage-news.com/?p=261#comment-109 [...] a TCO model for storage It looks like I’m not alone in wondering whether or not cloud storage offers any financial advantages over storing your files in your own systems. Martin [...] [...] a TCO model for storage It looks like I’m not alone in wondering whether or not cloud storage offers any financial advantages over storing your files in your own systems. Martin [...]

]]> By: Dave Smith-Uchida http://storage-news.com/2009/08/20/are-there-any-real-advantages-to-cloud-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Dave Smith-Uchida Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:49:05 +0000 http://storage-news.com/?p=261#comment-34 The poster children for cloud storage have been online services, such as photo sharing or file downloads, that don't really need local access but need to deliver data directly to end users across the Internet. S3 will give you bandwidth and storage on demand so if you're capital strapped and don't know how rapidly you will grow it could be the right thing. That said, S3's pricing has always been high and it just keeps looking worse and worse as the cost of storage declines. On the other hand, I'm sure that Amazon has a hefty profit margin so any competitors should be prepared from Amazon to drop prices rapidly if they start to take significant amounts of business away from Amazon. The poster children for cloud storage have been online services, such as photo sharing or file downloads, that don't really need local access but need to deliver data directly to end users across the Internet. S3 will give you bandwidth and storage on demand so if you're capital strapped and don't know how rapidly you will grow it could be the right thing.

That said, S3's pricing has always been high and it just keeps looking worse and worse as the cost of storage declines. On the other hand, I'm sure that Amazon has a hefty profit margin so any competitors should be prepared from Amazon to drop prices rapidly if they start to take significant amounts of business away from Amazon.

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