<s>
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
for	O
a	O
storage	O
infrastructure	O
that	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
on-premises	O
storage	O
resources	O
with	O
a	O
public	O
cloud	O
storage	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
supplement	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
internal	O
storage	O
resources	O
,	O
or	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
storage	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
either	O
case	O
,	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
provide	O
organizations	O
with	O
greater	O
flexibility	O
and	O
scalability	O
than	O
traditional	O
on-premises	O
storage	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
benefits	O
to	O
using	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
cache	O
frequently	O
used	O
data	O
on-site	O
for	O
quick	O
access	O
,	O
while	O
inactive	O
cold	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
stored	O
off-site	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
provide	O
organizations	O
with	O
greater	O
redundancy	O
and	O
fault	O
tolerance	O
,	O
as	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
both	O
on-premises	O
and	O
cloud	O
storage	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
drawbacks	O
to	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
manage	O
two	O
separate	O
storage	O
infrastructures	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
increased	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
challenge	O
in	O
transitioning	O
from	O
traditional	O
storage	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
to	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
the	O
infinite	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
may	O
lead	O
to	O
accumulation	O
of	O
wasted	O
resources	O
and	O
to	O
uncontrolled	O
spending	O
,	O
if	O
usage	O
is	O
not	O
monitored	O
carefully	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
cases	O
for	O
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Burst	O
for	O
capacity	O
-	O
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
provides	O
infinite	O
and	O
elastic	O
storage	B-General_Concept
capacity	I-General_Concept
expansion	O
to	O
local	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disaster	O
recovery	O
-	O
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
keep	O
a	O
replica	O
of	O
local	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
for	O
business	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burst	O
for	O
compute	O
-	O
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
make	O
locally	O
produced	O
accessible	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
for	O
processing	O
or	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
orchestration	O
-	O
Hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
can	O
create	O
a	O
consolidated	O
view	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
multiple	O
clouds	O
or	O
locations	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
protocol	O
or	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cloud	O
storage	O
gateway	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
edge	O
filer	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
cloud	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
device	O
that	O
connects	O
a	O
local	O
network	O
to	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
typically	O
an	O
object	O
storage	O
service	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	O
S3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
cache	O
for	O
frequently	O
accessed	O
data	O
,	O
providing	O
high	O
speed	O
local	O
access	O
to	O
frequently	O
accessed	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
edge	O
filer	O
transparently	O
transfers	O
the	O
data	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
providing	O
local	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
while	O
it	O
is	O
cached	O
on	O
the	O
edge	O
filer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
global	O
file	O
system	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
multiple	O
locations	O
,	O
typically	O
across	O
a	O
wide-area	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
concurrent	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
global	B-General_Concept
namespace	I-General_Concept
from	O
all	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
traditional	O
Network	B-Application
attached	I-Application
storage	I-Application
,	O
global	O
file	O
systems	O
can	O
improve	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
users	O
to	O
collaborate	O
across	O
multiple	O
sites	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
synchronization	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
sharing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
enterprise	O
network	B-Application
attached	I-Application
storage	I-Application
devices	O
support	O
some	O
forms	O
of	O
cloud	O
extension	O
,	O
a	O
Global	O
File	O
System	O
utilizes	O
a	O
fundamentally	O
different	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
physical	O
but	O
are	O
increasingly	O
available	O
as	O
virtual	O
solutions	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
in	O
a	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
caching	O
devices	O
reduces	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
required	O
on-premises	O
storage	B-General_Concept
capacity	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
associated	O
capital	O
expense	O
.	O
</s>
