Philippine E-Journals

Maximizing the Storage Capacity of Free Cloud Storage Providers

Marisa M Buctuanon | Kristine Joanne I Tigue | Ralph Jay Pepito

 

Abstract:

Cloud storage has been a prominent solution for a secure data warehousing. However, the users are only allowed to use limited storage space. With innumerable providers, data and files are dispersed across multiple cloud repositories. Users try to have multiple accounts on the same cloud storage provider or to sign up for an account from different providers. This will somehow fill in the lacking free storage capacity of a provider. Thus, adds up in the workload of user. This study aims to resolve the problem on the free cloud storage services. The system creates an illusion of a larger capacity of data volume that will be offered for public consumption. With Fuse, files are consolidated and managed in a sophisticated manner to ensure data preservation and performance efficiency. This centralized cloud service is made to utilize today’s emerging cloud services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box. With 1 account, users will be able to store files online and access them anywhere with larger storage capacity than what is available today.