Taxonomy of Cloud Storage Systems
Category | Definition | Example |
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Instance Storage | Storage that is a part of the file system on the VM. | Amazon EC2 |
Object Storage | Storage of binary objects provided using a Web service. | Azure Blob, Amazon S3 |
Block Storage | Virtual block device that can be mounted as a local disk to a VM. | Amazon EBS |
Relational Data Storage: | Relational Database provided using a Web service | Amazon RDS, Azure SQL |
Semi-structured Data Storage: | Database service for storing semi structured data with high availability, high scalability and high performance. | HBase |
Distributed File System | Distributed storage provided through file system interfaces with high availability and high scalability. | HDFS |
Online Drive/Folder Service | Storage space provided in the form of virtual driver or folder on Internet. | Microsoft SkyDrive, Box.net, Dropbox |
Source(s):
http://salsahpc.indiana.edu/CloudCom2010/EPoster/cloudcom2010_submission_262.pdf