From the course: Cloud Storage Concepts: Services, Cost Control, and Security

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Implementation planning

Implementation planning

- [Instructor] One of the advantages of leveraging cloud storage is that implementation of cloud storage services does not require that you purchase hardware. It's a matter of picking the amount and type of storage that you want from the dashboard of the public cloud computing provider. And the storage system is allocated for you. That said, there is some implementation items that you should consider. There is a standard cloud storage implementation checklist that should always be considered. Including storage operations, storage security, storage governance, and storage cost management. We'll cover storage operations next so we won't dwell on it here. This is just the process of setting up the tools and processes needed to run storage, longer term. Storage security means that we're setting up proper security systems to protect what's being stored. This may include encryption and other security services. It's related to…

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