Assessment N

Career Relevancy

Cloud storage solutions offer many advantages to in-house solution. Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3 and other large solutions can be implemented quickly and securely with proper planning and execution. As a storage architect its is important to consider these offerings when choosing a disaster recovery plan and offsite backup solutions.

Prompt

Create an 8-12 slide presentation or a two-page APA formatted paper discussing the advantages and disadvantages of on premises vs off premises cloud solutions. Discuss a few cloud backup options that you researched, learned from the instructional videos for the week or even from a personal experience you might have. Support your ideas with references and information from whitepapers and research.

Articles that may be of interest:

https://www.uniprint.net/en/cloud-computing-vs-on-premises/

https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/tape_replacement_whitepaper/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3192897/cloud-vs-on-premises-finding-the-right-balance.html

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/cloud/cloud-vs-premises-security/

There are some other articles on COST from HPE Discover this year:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/discover/extras-and-downloads/las-vegas-2019.html

See me use this site in the live session recording for more info.