Changing the dynamics of storage provisioning for cloud ...thus radically changing and shaping the future of cloud ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just wonder would below be possible Making Storage provisioning ...interfaces accessible in the Cloud Computing evaluating existing cloud providers ----------------------------------- Storage provisioning by most if not all cloud providers is limited to NAS, which offers RAID 4 , RAID 6 and most cloud providers let one to implement RAID atop luns exported from the NAS device ?? what is one gaining by implementing additional raid levels atop a NAS exported disks / drives ?? ... additional cpu compute cycles on the client / virtual host ...context and scope for innovation... -------------------------------------- Just as a RAID controller can be exploited for raid capabilities , the native RAiD4 /RAiD6 capabilities can be exploited by the end users of cloud computing effectively most of the storage devices arrays/fabric switch allow them to be managed over http / https viz. which means including all fabric planning and managment... given the context of iscsi/fcoe since these interfaces can be made accessible to remote users of the cloud as well ....this is where i see that it radically innovates exploiting the capabilities of a true data-center. i.e. bundle/package the same remote management of SAN/NAS/Storage devices over http/https interfaces accessible to the remote clients of the cloud ...so that they are able to bind a real time lun/drive and RAID capabilities to their virtual hosts in the cloud. thus Opportunity 1) a feature / interface on list of volumes where RAID features of NAS can be exploited ...light weight and exploit the NAS device effectively i.e. exploit raid4/raid6 of NAS device natively without a virtual-host having the necessity to employ a additional raid capability software layer and additional CPU cycles. Opportunity 2) A cloud is a data-center exposed with free bies and addon interfaces called virtualization ... existing management interfaces enables or lets one select NAS / SAN based luns with provisions for differential pricing and also the ability to exploit the native features of each of these underlying technologies NAS / SAN both offer web interface viz. http/ https based management ...tunnel these calls for cloud enable-ment corba!! / XML-rpc , so as a remote cloud end-user will be able to in realtime exploit the full set of features that a data-center storage provisioning can enable or handled. regards ravi shanker kv +918122570927 +919848226880 http://ravishankarkv.tripod.com/projects.pdf http://venkat15321.tripod.com/projects.pdf reshaped question ----------------- evaluate existing cloud providers Storage provisioning by most if not all cloud providers is limited to NAS, which offers RAID 4 , RAID 6 and most cloud providers let one to implement RAID atop luns exported from the NAS device ?? what is it that one is gaining by implementing additional raid levels atop a NAS exported disks / drives ?? ... additional cpu compute cycles on the clients ...context and scope for innovation... Just as a RAID controller can be exploited for raid capabilities , the native RAiD4 /RAiD6 capabilities can be exploited by the end users of cloud computing effectively most of the storage devices arrays/fabric switch allow them to be managed over http / https viz. which means including all fabric planning and managment ...why not make these same interface available or accessible to remote cloud end users for storage provisioning ....thus exploiting the true capabilities of a data-center provisioning. Opportunity 1) a feature / interface on list of volumes where RAID features of NAS can be exploited ...light weight and exploit the NAS device effectively i.e. exploit raid4/raid6 of NAS device natively without a virtual-host having the necessity to employ a additional raid capability software layer and additional CPU cycles. Opportunity 2) A cloud is a data-center exposed with free bies and addon interfaces called virtualization ... existing management interfaces enables or lets one select NAS / SAN based luns with provisions for differential pricing and also the ability to exploit the native features of each of these underlying technologies NAS / SAN both offer web interface viz. http/ https based management ...tunnel these calls for cloud enable-ment corba!! / XML-rpc , so as a remote cloud end-user will be able to in realtime exploit the full set of features that a data-center storage provisioning along with RAID managment (layout and design specifics) can enable or handled.