Cloud Hosting

Google | Image credit: Pixabay 

Tech behemoth Alphabet, Google's parent company, has an immensely large scale business across the globe. From Gmail for email, Google Maps for navigation,Google Drive for cloud storage, Android operating system for phones, Google Chrome for browsing, the list of itsproducts and services is massive. But, Google is facing some serious accusations for using its dominance in internet searches and online advertising to unfairly hold back competitors and extend its monopoly.

Google almost controls over 90 per cent of online searches globally, and rivals have accused that the company is abusing its powerby making the Google search and browsing services the defaults on smartphones.

A report byThe Washington Post suggests that the Justice Departmentis expected to brief state attorneys generalabout its plans to file a lawsuit against Google. Although the exact timeline is unknown at the moment, this could happen as early as next week or next month.

"We are not having this hearing because Google is successful. We are having it because even successful companies, even popular companies and even innovative companies are subject to the laws of this country, including our antitrust laws," reportedly said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. "

TheJustice Department started investigating Google's advertising business last year, but now it is also focussing on the company's dominance in an online search.Meanwhile, European competition regulators have fined Google billions of euros for breaking antitrust laws.

Antitrust laws also called as competition laws are developed by the U.S. government to protect consumers from predatory business practices. They ensure that fair competition exists in an open-market economy.

Link:
Google accused of using its online dominance to hold back competitors; to face antitrust lawsuit: Report - Times Now

I need to tell you up front that this weeks review is not for beginners.

Im reviewing the Synology DiskStation DS1520+, ($699.99 from Amazon) which is a NAS (network attached storage).

As you can see from the photo, the DS1520+ is an enclosure that houses five hard drives.

Synology NAS boxes for home or small business use come in varying sizes, from enclosures for one hard drive up to eight drives.

The NAS boxes attach to your homes network via ethernet cable, and you control them through a web browser.

Synology also makes NAS boxes for midsize and enterprise businesses that are designed to live in data center racks with up to 24 drives.

What can you do with a Synology NAS? More than you think.

Lets talk about NAS boxes and why youd want one.

You might think these NAS boxes are just big storage drives and they are but you dont just plug the box into your PC and start using it like an external hard drive.

Synology NAS boxes run an operating system called Disk Station, which means they are also servers that can run software to do a variety of tasks.

Synology calls them intelligent storage devices that connect to your home or office network.

Ive set up the DS1520+ to store files, save Time Machine backups from my MacBook Pro and serve up my music and videos via Plex for playback on my TV and Sonos audio system.

The Disk Station operating system can also serve up your website or blog, run a personal or business email server, automatically save your photos from your iOS or Android phone and serve up your files with your own private cloud server.

Back when I worked in the IT department at The Dallas Morning News, we used Synology NAS boxes to store and organize the photos created by the photo staff.

You can also set up the NAS as a server to store video from your home surveillance cameras.

Synology NAS boxes ship without drives, so you can choose how many drives and how much storage on each drive.

When you insert one or more drives, you can set them up in several different configurations to allow for faster access or redundant secure storage.

These configurations are called RAID, which stands for redundant array of independent disks.

Here are a few common RAID configurations:

RAID 0 is two or more hard drives set up to combine all the space on the drives into one big storage pool designed for the fastest access, but if any of the drives fail, you lose all the data.

RAID 1 is two drives where the data is mirrored to both drives at the same time, which means either drive can fail, and your data is still protected.

RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and increased read performance. A minimum of three drives is required. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single drive. In the event of a drive failure, data from the failed drive is reconstructed from parity striped across the remaining drives.

RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5, except it provides another layer of striping and can sustain two drive failures. A minimum of four drives is required. The performance of RAID 6 is lower than that of RAID 5 due to this additional fault tolerance.

Synology also has its own RAID option called Synology Hybrid RAID, which uses two or more drives. SHR allows for one drive failure with data protection plus it allows the user to mix and match hard drive sizes and to increase the size of the storage pool by swapping a larger drive for a smaller one.

For instance, if I have three 8 terabyte drives in my SHR, the NAS uses one drive for fault tolerance (data protection) and two drives for storage (16 TB).

If I add two more 4 TB drives, Id have 24 TB of storage with one 8 TB drive for data protection.

Dont presume that you cant get a Synology up and running by yourself you can. The instructions are not hard to follow.

Once its set up, you get to look over all the software packages available and figure out what you want the system to do for you.

The DS1520+ has five drive bays, which can hold a total of 80 TB (if you use 16 TB drives). It also can accommodate two five-bay expansion boxes, which bring the total up to 15 drives.

The system runs on an Intel Celeron J4125 4-core CPU with 8 gigabytes of RAM.

There are two slots to hold NVMe SSD drives that act to cache data in and out to speed things up.

The DS1520+ has four ethernet ports, which can be combined to allow for faster data transfers.

There is a USB port on the front to allow the user to connect a USB hard drive or a flash drive for data transfers.

If you have your photo library stored on an external drive, you can attach it to the Synology and quickly transfer all the files to it.

There are two eSata ports on the back to connect the expansion chassis, which look just like the DS1520+, but they dont have the CPU or RAM. This allows the user to add more storage when the original five bays are full.

Please note that with five spinning drives and two fans, the DS1520+ does not operate silently.

I have it set up in my TV cabinet, as it needs to connect to the network via ethernet and thats where my modem lives. Even with the cabinet doors closed, the unit makes enough noise that I can hear it when the room is quiet.

Synology makes it extremely easy to set up the box for remote access, which means you can control it from any computer (or even your phone) when you are away from home.

I have the Synology at my house running a Plex server, which is a media organizer that allows me to play my stored movies on my Roku TV and my stored music on my Sonos whole-home audio system.

Because the Synology is accessible outside my home network, I can also watch those movies and listen to my music on my phone when Im away from home.

Plex also allows library sharing, so I can let my friends watch movies from my library and I can watch content from their Plex servers.

There is so much to do with Synology that Im just scratching the surface. If you are serious about data, adding a NAS to handle all your data storage and backup needs is really nice.

Synology has a personal cloud package that allows users to set up their own cloud storage. I have it set up and can access my files from any computer, tablet or phone at home or away, and it works flawlessly.

Pros: Easy to set up, expandable, protects your data, too many uses to count.

Cons: Filling it with large hard drives can get expensive.

Bottom line: So much to learn, so little time. Figuring out new tasks for it to do is one of my obsessions.

Read the original post:
Synology DiskStation can keep your digital life organized and safe - The Dallas Morning News

The Global Multi Cloud Storage Market size is projected to reach USD XX Mn by 2023 from USD XX Mn in 2018, at a CAGR of 21.2% during the forecast period.

The Multi Cloud StorageMarket Research Report helps out market players to improve their business plans and ensure long-term success. The extensive research study provides in-depth information on Global Innovations, New Business Techniques, SWOT Analysis with Key Players, Capital Investment, Technology Innovation, and Future Trends Outlook.

Browes complete Report and Toc,https://www.alltheresearch.com/report/57/Multi-Cloud-Storage

The market research study covers historical data of previous years along with a forecast of upcoming years based on revenue (USD million). The Multi Cloud Storage Market reports also cover market dynamics, market overview, segmentation, market drivers, and restraints together with the impact they have on the Multi Cloud Storagedemand over the forecast period. Moreover, the report also delivers the study of opportunities available in the Multi Cloud Storagemarket globally. The Multi Cloud Storagemarket report study and forecasts is based on a worldwide and regional level.

If you are investor/shareholder in the Multi Cloud StorageMarket, the provided study will help you to understand the growth model of Multi Cloud StorageIndustry after impact of COVID-19. Request for sample report (including ToC, Tables and Figures with detailed information) @https://www.alltheresearch.com/impactC19-request/57

The report assesses the key opportunities in the market and outlines the factors that are and will be driving the growth of the Multi Cloud Storageindustry. Growth of the overall Multi Cloud Storagemarket has also been forecasted for the period 2019-2025, taking into consideration the previous growth patterns, the growth drivers and the current and future trends.

Market Segments and Sub-segments Covered in the Report are as per below:

Based on Product Type Multi Cloud Storagemarket is segmented into:Public, Private, Hybrid,

Based on Application Multi Cloud Storagemarket is segmented into:BFSI, Retail, Energy and Utility, Health Care and Life science, Government, Other, .

The major players profiled in this report include:IBM (US), SAP SE (Germany), Microsoft (US), Gosun Technology (China), Google (US), VMware (US), EMC (US),

Get Exclusive Sample Report on Multi Cloud Storage Market is available at https://www.alltheresearch.com/sample-request/57

Regional Coverage of the Multi Cloud StorageMarket:

Key Questions Answered in this Report:

What is the market size of the Multi Cloud Storageindustry?This report covers the historical market size of the industry (2013-2019), and forecasts for 2020 and the next 5 years. Market size includes the total revenues of companies.

What is the outlook for the Multi Cloud Storageindustry?This report has over a dozen market forecasts (2020 and the next 5 years) on the industry, including total sales, a number of companies, attractive investment opportunities, operating expenses, and others.

What industry analysis/data exists for the Multi Cloud Storageindustry?This report covers key segments and sub-segments, key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges in the market and how they are expected to impact the Multi Cloud Storageindustry. Take a look at the table of contents below to see the scope of analysis and data on the industry.

How many companies are in the Multi Cloud Storageindustry?This report analyzes the historical and forecasted number of companies, locations in the industry, and breaks them down by company size over time. The report also provides company rank against its competitors with respect to revenue, profit comparison, operational efficiency, cost competitiveness, and market capitalization.

What are the financial metrics for the industry?This report covers many financial metrics for the industry including profitability, Market value- chain, and key trends impacting every node with reference to the companys growth, revenue, return on sales, etc.

What are the most important benchmarks for the Multi Cloud Storageindustry?Some of the most important benchmarks for the industry include sales growth, productivity (revenue), operating expense breakdown, span of control, organizational make-up. All of which youll find in this market report.

Get Chance of 20% Extra Discount, If your Company is Listed in Above Key Players Listhttps://www.alltheresearch.com/speak-to-analyst/57

FOR ALL YOUR RESEARCH NEEDS, REACH OUT TO US AT:Contact Name: Rohit B.Email:[emailprotected]Phone: 1-888-691-6870

The rest is here:
Multi Cloud Storage Market is Projected to Increment at an Eye-Catching CAGR by 2023 | 21.2% CAGR | Know the COVID19 Impact - Verdant News