FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE Student Name: Nur Muhamad

Bin Mazlan Student ID No.: E20121003680 Course Name: Information Technology Code Name: MKA 1013 Instructor: Cik Nor Amalia Aini Binti Mohd Sapawi Semester: Semester 1 2012/2013 Assessment No: 5 Assignment Title: Storage Assignment [X]/Lab ; [ ]/Quiz ; [ ]/Mid Term Issues Date : Submission Date : Duration : 1 week

Outcomes:
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Students should be able to describe the definition of cloud storage and its advantages

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Students should be able to apply the using of cloud computing through experience

based learning by signing up an account with free online data storage website, upload a file and share it with others correctly. 3. Students should be able to identify steps for sharing file using cloud storage correctly.

Assessment Criteria: You need to submit this assignment by providing a sharing link that contain your assignment file. The submitted assignment will be evaluated based on the below assessment criteria. No Descriptions of assessment Describe the definition of cloud storage.
Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties. Hosting companies operate large data centers, and people who require their data to be hosted buy or lease storage capacity from them. The data center operators, in the background, virtualize the resources according to the requirements of the customer and expose them as storage pools, which the customers can themselves use to store files or data objects. Physically, the resource may span across multiple servers.

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE No Descriptions of assessment List two (2) cloud storage advantages. /1 a) Companies need only pay for the storage they actually use as it is also possible for companies by utilizing actual virtual storage features like thin provisioning b) Companies do not need to install physical storage devices in their own datacenter or offices, but the fact that storage has to be placed anywhere stays the same (maybe localization costs are lower in offshore locations) 3. List three (5) cloud storage provider and provide complete URL address for their website. (Example: Yahoo www.yahoo.com) a) Just Cloud - http://www.justcloud.com/ b) Zip Cloud - http://www.zipcloud.com/ c) My PC Backup - http://www.mypcbackup.com/ d) Mozy - http://mozy.com/ e) Backup Genie - http://www.backupgenie.com/ 4. a) Choose ONLY one cloud storage provider. Website URL : http://www.youtube.com/lohp d) Shared file URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8G3i8A1l8&feature=plcp /1 /1 /1 Marks

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE

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Descriptions of assessment Identify five (5) important steps for sharing file using cloud storage. Steps: 1) Sign up/ Login 2) Browse file from source 3) Upload file 4) Set the permission for sharing 5) Sharing URL / E-mail URL for sharing

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Lab Assignment 5 (5%): Nowadays, there are a lot of online cloud service providers that provide free online data storage for various types of data storage such as You Tube for digital videos and Flicker for digital photos. For this assignment, you need to search for the best free online data storage that can back up any type of file and choose the one that suits your needs as university student. You can compare the cloud storage provider by read the reviews and comments provide by previous user. Then, you need to sign up an account, upload assignment document in .doc format and set permission for sharing function. Submit this assignment by email to your lab instructor a link of your sharing assignment file. DO NOT attach any file in your email.
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