International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 108 - Number 13 |
Year of Publication: 2014 |
Authors: Sukhdeep Singh, Sami Anand |
10.5120/18969-7701 |
Sukhdeep Singh, Sami Anand . Implementing Storage as a Service in Cloud using Network Attached Storage. International Journal of Computer Applications. 108, 13 ( December 2014), 6-9. DOI=10.5120/18969-7701
Cloud computing is rapidly growing. Still there is need to enhance the cloud computing in terms of availability and security aspects of Cloud service. When we talks about cloud computing, it means we have ability to share the resources through internet. We can store our data on internet space that is provided by service provider. This totally depends upon the service provider that how they store the data and what kind of security they are applying on it. This paper focuses on the cloud storage system. Currently Service Providers are using SAN (Storage area network) as a cloud storage system that is very expensive and need highly trained staff to manage . NAS (Network Attached Storage) has been proposed in this paper to implement "storage as a service" in cloud. NAS is easy to implement and very effective for sharing of data and also in terms of cost. Storage as a service is implemented using NAS and tested in small environment. It shows that it is an effective storage system for cloud in terms of cost and the management of the system.