Open AccessOn the Cost-Benefit Tradeoffs of Cloud Storage Services for End Users and Service Providers
Author(s) -
Glauber Dias Gonçalves,
Alex Borges Vieira,
Jussara M. Almeida
Publication year - 2018
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/sbrc_estendido.2018.14186
Subject(s) - cloud computing , backup , cloud storage , computer science , service provider , service (business) , end user , the internet , world wide web , database , business , operating system , marketing
Cloud Storage is a very popular Internet service. It allows users to backup data to the cloud as well as to perform collaborative work while sharing content. Despite the increasing interest in cloud storage, a thorough investigation on the costs and benets of this service for providers and end users has not been conducted yet. This dissertation aims at investigating such cost-benet tradeoffs for both providers and end users jointly. Using data collected from a real service (Dropbox), we developed new models, methodologies and tools to support providers and users in improving jointly their benets in cloud storage.