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The evolution of storage service providers: techniques and challenges to outsourcing storage

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William Yurcik,

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StorageSS '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM workshop on Storage security and survivability

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1103780.1103782

Published: 11 November 2005 Publication History

Abstract

As enterprise storage needs grow, it is challenging to manage storage systems. The costs of locally managing, supporting, and maintaining resilience in storage systems has skyrocketed. Also, companies must comply with a growing number of federal and state legislations mandating secure handling of electronic information.In this context, outsourcing of storage to utility-model based service providers has emerged as a popular and often cost-effective option. However, this raises issues related to data safety and storage techniques. In this paper, we discuss the business model and evolution of service-oriented companies known as Storage Service Providers and examine the challenges organizations should consider when outsourcing their storage management. To our knowledge, this is the first work to study the SSP model from both technical and business viewpoints. Lastly, we present two case studies, one of a failed SSP and the other of a successful market leader.

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The evolution of storage service providers: techniques and challenges to outsourcing storage
1. Information systems
  1. Information storage systems
    1. Storage management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        File systems management
        Memory management

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StorageSS '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM workshop on Storage security and survivability

November 2005

150 pages

ISBN:159593233X

DOI:10.1145/1103780

General Chair:
Vijay Atluri
Rutgers University
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Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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William Yurcik
NCSA
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Larry Brumbaugh
NCSA
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Yuanyuan Zhou
University of Illinois

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