FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE Student Name:Amal Syahadah Binti

Zulkifli Student ID No.:E20121003990 Course Name: Information Technology Code Name: MKA 1013 Instructor: En. Abdul Rahman bin Yusof Semester: Semester 1 2012/2013 Assessment No: 5 Assignment Title: Storage Assignment [X]/Lab ; [ ]/Quiz ; [ ]/Mid Term Issues Date : 06 September 2012 Submission Date : 06 September 2012 Duration : 1 week

Outcomes:
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Students should be able to describe the definition of cloud storage and its advantages

correctly.
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Students should be able to apply the using of cloud computing through experience

based learning by signing up an account with free online data storage website, upload a file and share it with others correctly. 3. Students should be able to identify steps for sharing file using cloud storage correctly.

Assessment Criteria: You need to submit this assignment by providing a sharing link that contain your assignment file. The submitted assignment will be evaluated based on the below assessment criteria. No Descriptions of assessment Describe the definition of cloud storage.
Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties.

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE No Descriptions of assessment List two (2) cloud storage advantages. /1 a) Storage maintenance tasks, such as backup, data replication, and
purchasing additional storage devices are offloaded to the responsibility of a service provider, allowing organizations to focus on their core business, but the fact stays the same that someone has to pay for the administrative effort for these tasks

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b) Companies need only pay for the storage they actually use as it is
also possible for companies by utilizing actual virtual storage features like thin provisioning.

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List three (5) cloud storage provider and provide complete URL address for their website. (Example: Yahoo www.yahoo.com) a) Youtube www.youtube.com b) 4shared www.4shared.com c) Scribd ww.scribd.com d) Flickr www.flickr.com e) JustCloud www.justcloud.com /1 /1

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a) Choose ONLY one cloud storage provider. Website URL : https://my.justcloud.com/ d) Shared file URL : /1

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Descriptions of assessment Identify five (5) important steps for sharing file using cloud storage. Steps: 1)Create or register account at file sharing site by filling your details. 2)Select file to upload. 3)Upload file. 4)Set security setting for file such as password. 5)File sharing URL is generated and can be shared.

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TOTAL FINAL MARKS (5%) : (

/15 /15 X 5) =

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE Lab Assignment 5 (5%): Nowadays, there are a lot of online cloud service providers that provide free online data storage for various types of data storage such as You Tube for digital videos and Flicker for digital photos. For this assignment, you need to search for the best free online data storage that can back up any type of file and choose the one that suits your needs as university student. You can compare the cloud storage provider by read the reviews and comments provide by previous user. Then, you need to sign up an account, upload assignment document in .doc format and set permission for sharing function. Submit this assignment by email to your lab instructor a link of your sharing assignment file. DO NOT attach any file in your email.

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