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diff --git a/report/chapters/2-lit-r.tex b/report/chapters/2-lit-r.tex index cdb48d2..2a76a48 100644 --- a/report/chapters/2-lit-r.tex +++ b/report/chapters/2-lit-r.tex @@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ SkyCDS, a content delivery service, by Gonzalez et al., which uses publish/subscribe overlay paradigm and stores the content across multiple cloud storage providers such that only part of the content (in encrypted form) is stored on each file storage provider -\cite{skycds}(Section \ref{2-skycds-sec}); and, lastly, -\verb+git-annex+, by Joey Hess \cite{person:joeyh}, that allows one to -version control and keep track of large files with a possibility of -encrypting files that are stored in ``special remotes'' -- storage -provided by Internet file storage providers (Section -\ref{2-gitannex-sec}). +\cite{skycds}(Section \ref{2-skycds-sec}); lastly, \verb+git-annex+, +by Joey Hess \cite{person:joeyh}, that allows one to version control +and keep track of large files with a possibility of encrypting files +that are stored in ``special remotes'' -- storage provided by Internet +file storage providers (Section \ref{2-gitannex-sec}). \section{Multi Cloud Storage Prototype}\label{2-yeo-sec} @@ -50,17 +49,20 @@ means large media files can be streamed in real-time from the file storage providers' data store. ``Progressive streaming'' is an attractive feature in a ``resource constrained'' device where storage is expensive. + +Yeo et al. propose methods for achieving data de-duplication, file +compression based on file type, intelligent pre-fetching and caching +of file fragments, and ``automatic restoration in exploiting file-versioning''. These features were not implemented in the -prototype Android application and there is possibility of Yeo et -al. implementing these features in the future. - -It becomes apparent that Yeo et al. work is of immense -importance. This is particularly true when we taking into -consideration the research done by Yang et al., which found that 59\% -of the users who use ``cloud storage service'' access the service -through a smart phone and 42.2\% users access it for audio/video -\cite{yang}. The research by Yang et al. suggests a trend of users' -preference for small hand-held computers over laptops and desktops. +prototype Android application. + +It becomes apparent that Yeo et al. work is of immense importance when +the research done by Yang et al. is taken into consideration, which +found that 59\% of the users who use ``cloud storage service'' access +the service through a smart phone and 42.2\% users access it for +audio/video \cite{yang}. The research by Yang et al. suggests a trend +of users' preference for small hand-held computers over laptops and +desktops. \section{SkyCDS}\label{2-skycds-sec} |