{"id":98483,"date":"2024-05-27T11:33:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcolo.net\/glossary\/cloud-storage\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:12:07","slug":"cloud-storage","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/firstcolo.net\/en\/glossary\/cloud-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"98483\" class=\"elementor elementor-98483 elementor-48621\" data-elementor-post-type=\"glossary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33886cfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33886cfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3e9945 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a3e9945\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb3891e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bb3891e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d469d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66d469d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f92ce6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f92ce6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is cloud storage?\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0650cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e0650cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRefactoring is a cloud migration strategy in which existing applications are specifically adapted or restructured to make them better suited for operation in the cloud. Unlike rehosting (&#8220;lift and shift&#8221;), the code is not transferred unchanged but is selectively optimized to meet cloud-specific requirements such as scalability, performance, and efficiency. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72779c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72779c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f86bf5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f86bf5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does cloud storage work?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e937bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e937bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cloud provider operates and maintains the underlying storage infrastructure in professional data centers. Users upload their data via the internet, while the provider stores this data redundantly, monitors it, and secures it. Additionally, the service handles tasks such as backup, versioning, management, and often encryption of the stored information. This increases both data security and availability.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e482ced elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e482ced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the benefits of cloud storage?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2b489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d2b489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cloud storage enables flexible scaling of storage capacity, as users can expand or reduce capacity as needed. It also lowers capital expenditure, as no dedicated storage hardware needs to be purchased. 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