The need for a Multi-Cloud Storage API September 2009

There are many Storage Clouds

And many Social Storage Clouds

All are silo’d in their API access S3 Mosso Box.net

Having support for Multiple Clouds is an enabler for:- Importing and Exporting Data from Different Clouds An enabled for ‘choice’ ability to easily move clouds based on things such as price, SLA etc – stop vendor lock-in Syncing Clouds Automatically Having Cloud Fail-over – Primary & backup Clouds for HA of data Having a Single View

Importing and Exporting Data from Different Clouds

An enabled for ‘choice’ ability to easily move clouds based on things such as price, SLA etc – stop vendor lock-in

Syncing Clouds Automatically

Having Cloud Fail-over – Primary & backup Clouds for HA of data

Having a Single View

What Choices are there ?

Zcloud API Sponsored by Zmanda, available at http://zmanda.github.com/libzcloud/ The zcloud library provides a generic C API for cloud operations Extendable via plug-ins

Sponsored by Zmanda, available at http://zmanda.github.com/libzcloud/

The zcloud library provides a generic C API for cloud operations

Extendable via plug-ins

JClouds Is available from Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/jclouds/ Java API to help you use cloud infrastructure (not just for storage) Currently Amazon S3 & Google App Engine is supported with more coming via plug-in architecture

Is available from Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/jclouds/

Java API to help you use cloud infrastructure (not just for storage)

Currently Amazon S3 & Google App Engine is supported with more coming via plug-in architecture

CloudLoop CloudLoop is a universal, open-source Java API and command-line tool for cloud storage ( http://www.cloudloop.com/ ) It lets you store, manage, and sync your data Currently supports Amazon S3, Eucalyptus, Nirvanix, RackSpace Cloud Files, Sun Cloud

CloudLoop is a universal, open-source Java API and command-line tool for cloud storage ( http://www.cloudloop.com/ )

It lets you store, manage, and sync your data

Currently supports Amazon S3, Eucalyptus, Nirvanix, RackSpace Cloud Files, Sun Cloud

SimpleCloud Is available at http://www.simplecloud.org/ Promoted by Zend, the API’s aim is to bring cloud technologies to PHP Encompasses file storage, doc storage and simple queues See Amazon S3 example at http://bit.ly/KJoup

Is available at http://www.simplecloud.org/

Promoted by Zend, the API’s aim is to bring cloud technologies to PHP

Encompasses file storage, doc storage and simple queues

See Amazon S3 example at http://bit.ly/KJoup

SMEStorage Multi-Cloud API Is available from Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/smestorage/ API provides a unified REST API for Clouds (S3, CloudFiles, Box.net, MobileMe, Gmail, Email, FTP, WebDav, Box.net, Google Docs, Evernote) Can be used as a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to Cloud Storage Has value added services such as file system features, email backup, import/ export, Cloud Sync, and much more

Is available from Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/smestorage/

API provides a unified REST API for Clouds (S3, CloudFiles, Box.net, MobileMe, Gmail, Email, FTP, WebDav, Box.net, Google Docs, Evernote)

Can be used as a Service Provider Interface (SPI) to Cloud Storage

Has value added services such as file system features, email backup, import/ export, Cloud Sync, and much more

Thank you www.SME Storage .com

www.SME Storage .com