{"title":"Pocket backup storage system with cloud integration","authors":"Karthik Nilakant, Eiko Yoneki","doi":"10.1145/2348616.2348633","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A variety of personal backup services now allow users to synchronise their files across multiple devices such as laptops and smartphones. These applications typically operate by synchronising each device with a centralised storage service across the Internet. However, access to the Internet may occasionally not be available, leaving any unsynchronised content in a vulnerable state. To address this, we introduce a cooperative backup storage system that could alternatively make use of storage capacity provided by other devices within close proximity, using ad-hoc or local network connectivity. Such devices can provide a secondary storage tier in case of Internet connectivity issues, and could also be used to forward files to central storage at a later time.","PeriodicalId":211112,"journal":{"name":"CHANTS '12","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CHANTS '12","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2348616.2348633","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A variety of personal backup services now allow users to synchronise their files across multiple devices such as laptops and smartphones. These applications typically operate by synchronising each device with a centralised storage service across the Internet. However, access to the Internet may occasionally not be available, leaving any unsynchronised content in a vulnerable state. To address this, we introduce a cooperative backup storage system that could alternatively make use of storage capacity provided by other devices within close proximity, using ad-hoc or local network connectivity. Such devices can provide a secondary storage tier in case of Internet connectivity issues, and could also be used to forward files to central storage at a later time.