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DISCUSSION ON THE IMPACT OF FLASH AND ‘THE CLOUD’ ON ENTERPRISE STORAGE
ENVIRONMENTS AS A WHOLE. THE SUCCESS FACTORS WHICH ARE CONTRASTED WITH
THE PITFALLS THAT COMPANIES EXPERIENCE WHEN ADOPTING VARIOUS STRATEGIES.
DESCRIPTION ON THE IMPACT TO NEW/EXISTING SYSTEM DESIGNS WHEN ALTERNATIVE
SOLUTIONS ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE DATA CENTER (WHETHER ONSITE, OR IN THE
CLOUD), AND FINALLY, THE KEY SECURITY CONCERNS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED WITH
ANY ENTERPRISE LEVEL TECHNOLOGY.
Flash storage refers to data repository or storage system of any type using flash memory. It is
ubiquitous for small computing but its usability is increasing on larger applications. Flash-based
systems sizes and complexity varies for storage in usable computing devices all the way from
portable USB drives, embedded systems etc. to enterprise-class of all-flash arrays. It is usually
packaged in various formats for different purposes in storage.

Enterprise storage refers to a broad category which includes products and services that are
designed to help large organizations safe and retrieve digital information. Unlike storage devices
used by consumers and small business, enterprise storage handles data in large numbers
alongside large numbers of users. It involves centralized repository storage such as networkattached storage (NAS) or storage area networks (SANs) devices.

Enterprise storage is composed of several categories, these categories are:

Primary storage houses: Involves the data that the end users are actively accessing.

Backup storage houses: Holds copies of information in primary storage for recovery purposes or
circumstances where secondary copy is important. This category is related to archive storage
where organizations keeps outdated information for compliance or other related purposes.

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Margaret Rouse (2016) refers to Cloud storage as service model that offers maintenance,

management and storage of data remotely. These service allows the users who are over the network
(typically the internet) to access the same data. Enterprise-level cloud storage is usually scaled to
be accessible from anywhere in the time of need.
According to Gleeson, E (2009). Flash and Cloud offers various services and applications that are
deliverable over the internet. These services includes: Software services which are provided through the
internet/Cloud, Platform services which includes provision of services that enables the customer to deploy
on the cloud, various applications which are created using various programming languages supported by
the vendors and Infrastructure Services which enhances computer’s processing power, storage space and
network capacity which enables customer to run arbitrary software on the cloud.
Rajamony, R (2004) adds more services that are categorized under “Flash and Cloud”. These services
includes likes of Social Networking LinkedIn, Twitter etc. They provide instant messages, chats and file
sharing services. The above category also accommodates services such as email and search engine
services such as Yahoo!®, Google, Bing™(Microsoft®) and AltaVista®.

Flash and Cloud impacts Environment Enterprise Storage as a whole. This can be explained base
on the knowledge of Cloud computing being highly scalable and cost-effective infrastructure
which is well suited on running most enterprise and Web base Applications.
Gleeson, E (2009) claims that essentially, Cloud computing virtualized datacenters and
applications that required high energy usage for operations, this in turn resulted to high operational
costs that turned impact on both environmental conditions.

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With the penetration of the flash storage in the enterprise environment, there is recognizable
advantages of the flash performance and thus flash distinct itself as an effective requirement to
other storage technologies especially the traditional storage means such HDD and others.
Resilience, Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness which are some of the desirable characteristics of
an Enterprise storage platform are realized. It has already been proved that collaboration of Flash
and Cloud services can make the company realize all the above mentioned desirable
characteristics.
If the two types of data repository i.e. Flash and Cloud are well integrated, all the clients
expectations which is realized in the accommodation of the Flash and Cloud will be meet i.e.
customers will enjoy ease of use and amid sustained performan...