NLDS Milestone 3 review

Managing data on cloud platforms can be an extremely difficult task.

The need to store data efficiently, both in terms of energy and monetary cost, dictates the existence of tiered storage for data written and read at different frequencies.

Avoiding a complicated user interface is therefore a great challenge, as in most cases the user is tasked with interacting with the different storage media directly, having to learn APIs and complex tape semantics to be able to effectively manage their data.

The Near-line Data Store (NLDS), a single interface for moving data between storage solutions, is intended to streamline the process by which users migrate data between storage media, whether on disk, tape or cloud storage.

By providing a single, easy to use interface for adding, changing and removing data, we aim to abstract away the complexities involved and instead provide a seamless storage experience.

The presentation details the progress made to reach milestone 3 of the NLDS.