Users commonly seek the difference between Object Storage and Block Storage. We have good number of publications on this website on object storage to point towards the differences, but often that process was as a part of answering some other question, such as Methods of Encryption in Cloud Object Storage. Object Storage is newer technology. Object storage has a flat structure where files are … [Read more...]
Methods of Encryption in Cloud Object Storage : OpenStack & IBM Cloud
Users can encrypt each object on cloud storage using the provider's way, such as using private and public keys. Throughout various articles on this site we discussed about cloud storage and security methods. We often talk around data encryption on cloud storage but avoid going in-depth. Object Storage is a data storage architecture which manages data as objects. Each object typically includes the … [Read more...]
How To Use IBM Cloud CDN and Cloud Object Storage
Previously we published various guides on Rackspace Cloud Files to use CDN and Cloud Object Storage for hosting static website to hosting jQuery powered video players. Lately, Rackspace Cloud Files has been very costly with a fixed per month fees for just having the account. We have similar guides on HP Cloud CDN (HP Public Cloud has been closed). Other CDNs like KeyCDN not exactly cost effective … [Read more...]
Upload to IBM Cloud CDN Using OpenStack Swift Client
IBM Cloud CDN needs Pay-as-you-go account. We have not tested the lite version of IBM Cloud Object Storage (free trial version) for the presence of features of OpenStack Swift. In this guide, we will show how to upload objects to IBM Cloud CDN or Object Storage using OpenStack Swift client and our a helper Python script. OpenStack Swift already have long known Python clients. We have a lot of … [Read more...]
Which Software as a Service (SaaS) Still Important to the Users
All of us use some of the Software as a Service (SaaS). In this article we are discussing which Software as a Service (SaaS) still important to the users as the cost of dedicated, VPS, cloud servers declined and declining to afford & number of F/OSS software increased. It is off-topic matter to mention, yet Platform as a Service (PaaS) apparently failed to convince from developers to the CIOs. … [Read more...]
Object Storage vs. Block Storage
It is possibly a common phenomenon to get confused with some of the similar terminologies around storage like Object Storage, Block Storage, Cloud Storage. Cloud Storage is a generic terminology, you can check our articles on cloud storage - they are too broad and also includes some CDN. We think that Object Storage vs. Block Storage is a timely publication which will help many of the confused … [Read more...]
Reliable, Forever Free Cloud Storage Services In 2017
In past 7 years We have published lot of articles, guides on Cloud Storage Services. Here is list of reliable, forever free cloud storage services compiled and check in 2017. They are not trials but forever free 2gb+ storage. Some services get closed, some services need avoidance to use, new services open. These are reasons of publication of new articles as list. There are services like DropBox … [Read more...]
Cheapest CDNs With HTTPS, IPv6, HTTP/2, Brotli
The reason to repeat the old topic is revision of pricing and often the CDN providers become bad after running few years as good. KeyCDN is a rip off now, once we promoted KeyCDN. Once we talked about Rackspace Cloud Files as it used to cost $1 per month, now maintaining the account costs $50 per month. What are the cheapest CDNs with HTTPS, IPv6, HTTP/2, Brotli support at this moment is an … [Read more...]
Ways To Backup MySQL Database And Save To Cloud Storage
Running improper script on a running database can be proved to be a foolish work. We have own developed simple free tools for uploading backup to OpenStack Swift, WordPress Plugin to take whole FTP backup and methods to upload the whole FTP to Dropbox from SSH. Here are the ways to backup MySQL database and save to cloud storage including OpenStack Swift from SSH side. This guide essentially a … [Read more...]
Integration of Apache Hadoop With OpenStack Swift
Commonly either peoples are versed with Apache Hadoop or Openstack Swift. The topic integration of Apache Hadoop with Openstack Swift is not exactly new. Good experience with both together may be rare. You can follow our this guide specially for handling OpenStack part without searching here and there. Further you can use this website's search function to find our old guides apart from the linked … [Read more...]