Today, Storage Area Network and Cloud Storage are the common Storage System. Storage Area Network includes NAS, SAN, DAS systems. Cloud Storage includes object storage, file storage, block storage.
Storage Area Network is an important technology because it may give a lot of data volume with a high recovery chance and secure access, work and central management with data.
Cloud Storage has many advantages: data mobility, teamwork, stability, scalability, quick start. The main threats include destruction, theft, corruption, unauthentication, replacement, blocking. Storage Area Network components (architecture elements, protocols, interfaces, hardware, system software, exploitation) have a lot of vulnerabilities. Cloud Storage may be attacked by software, functional elements, clients, hypervisor, management systems.
A lot of companies design storage solutions: DropBox, QNAP, WD, DELL, SEAGATE.
The Analysis of Modern Data Storage Systems