Performance and Efficiency Analysis for Cloud Storage

Josef Spillner, Maximilian Quellmalz, Martin Friedrich, Alexander Schill

Those who need to store larger amounts of data either for burst periods or for convenient synchronisation between devices are cur-rently looking at new ways of how to integrate cloud storage services into the data processing applications. The benefits (on-demand access and pricing, elasticity) and the drawbacks (reduced control, increased depen-dencies on providers) need to be well balanced. Recently, a new class of applications called cloud storage controllers or integrators appeared with a high potential to become a standard feature of operating systems and network gateways.

Performance and Efficiency Analysis for Cloud Storage