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'''Cloud storage''' is a means for storing heavy volumes of digital content on a massive cluster of [[computer]] servers, with secure access by the individuals or groups that own or license the content. Such a massive server cluster is called a ''cloud.'' (Some observers call it ''The'' Cloud, on the theory that cloud service providers, by trading storage or other server capacities at need, almost maintain shares of a single Cloud instead of discrete clouds.)
== Advantages of cloud storage ==
The best advantage of cloud storage is ''security against accidental loss of data.'' Clouds are ''fault-tolerant,'' and cloud administrators can protect their hardware, and the content they store on it, better than an individual or even a group can protect his/her/its own hardware.
Another advantage is ''unlimited remote access to data.'' Whenever an individual or group member or officer travels, he can still access his content, or the group's content, from any [[Internet]] accessible location.
== Disadvantages ==
The major disadvantage is a subjective one. The individual or group owning or licensing the content might consider they are less secure against ''unauthorized access to data'' or even ''malicious destruction of data'' if someone were to compromise the username and password registries of their particular cloud service.
The cloud administrator has a problem too: security against ''accessory to [[copyright]] violation.'' The administrator shares this vulnerability in common with [[streaming]] and other user-content-management services.
[[Category:Computers]]
== Advantages of cloud storage ==
The best advantage of cloud storage is ''security against accidental loss of data.'' Clouds are ''fault-tolerant,'' and cloud administrators can protect their hardware, and the content they store on it, better than an individual or even a group can protect his/her/its own hardware.
Another advantage is ''unlimited remote access to data.'' Whenever an individual or group member or officer travels, he can still access his content, or the group's content, from any [[Internet]] accessible location.
== Disadvantages ==
The major disadvantage is a subjective one. The individual or group owning or licensing the content might consider they are less secure against ''unauthorized access to data'' or even ''malicious destruction of data'' if someone were to compromise the username and password registries of their particular cloud service.
The cloud administrator has a problem too: security against ''accessory to [[copyright]] violation.'' The administrator shares this vulnerability in common with [[streaming]] and other user-content-management services.
[[Category:Computers]]