Njengoba umkhakha we-cloud storage uye kwenziwa idatha emangalisayo emkhakheni yethu yesimanje, i-cloud storage providers eyenziwe njengama-architects we-digital utopia, kwangangangapheli. Yini wathwala njengama-boundless border ye-innovation ne-digital freedom, kwangapheli i-cloud storage isekelwe emkhakheni emangalisayo, enikezela bonke abacwaningi abacwaningi ukwakha emkhakheni elidlulile yayo. I-cloud storage providers wabhala njengama-architects of a digital utopia, kwenziwa ngempumelelo emkhakheni yayo yayo yedijithali yedijithali. Amabhizinisi afana ne-Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services 
 
 I-Google Cloud, i-Amazon Web Services (AWS), ne-Microsoft Azure zihlanganisa ngokucacileyo ama-ecosystems zayo ukuze zihlanganise abasebenzisi futhi zihlanganisa ukufinyelela kwabo. I-Google Cloud, i-Amazon Web Services (AWS), ne-Microsoft Azure zihlanganisa ngokucacileyo ama-ecosystems zayo ukuze zihlanganise abasebenzisi futhi zihlanganisa ukufinyelela kwabo. Imiphumela emangalisayo ye-supplier lock-in ayikho i-hypothesis — kukhona kakhulu kakhulu. Abasebenzisi amangalisayo abalandeli lapho umphakeli yabo we-cloud storage ushiye izincwajana, ukulawula okungagunyaziwe izinhlelo ezinzima, noma zihlukile ngempumelelo. Umzekelo olungagqibekanga kwiminyaka engu-2024, lapho i-Google Cloud yasungulwa ngempumelelo i-UniSuper ye-private cloud subscription, ukunciphisa ukufinyelela kwezigidi ezingaphezu kuka-647,000 ze-member of one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, okuyinto ukulawula i-approximately $135 billion in assets.1 Ngenxa ye-microconfiguration eyodwa, isakhiwo se-cloud ye-UniSuper yas Izimpendulo ezivamile ze-crypted cloud storage service, ezivela ngokushesha ngo-2015, enikezela abasebenzisi izinsuku ezingenalutho ukuze zithole idatha yabo ngaphambi kokushintshwa ngokugcwele.2 Abathengi abalandeli ku-Wuala nge-akhawunti ze-cloud storage. Ngokwenza lokhu, amaklayenti amaningi abalandeli ama-cloud storage, abalandeli ngokushesha ngo-2015, enikezela izinsuku ezingenalutho ukuze zithole idatha zabo ngaphambi kokushintshwa ngokugcwele.2 Abathengi abalandeli ku-Wuala nge-akhawunti ze-preciousest ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye ziye zitholele izindleko ze-cloud ezingenalutho I-Fanged by Design: I-The True Cost of Vendor Lock-In I-Lock-in ye-Vendor akuyona kuphela nge-shutdowns ezivamile, futhi isetshenziselwa nge-policy ezisebenzayo ezisungulwe ukuhlangabezana noma ukuhlangabezana amakhasimende ukukhuthaza idatha yabo kwamanye amazwe. Enye yezindlela ezinzima ezisetshenziselwa ama-cloud providers ukuqinisekisa ukuxhaswa kuyinto ukuhlangabezana ama-excessive excess fees kubasebenzisi zabo. Amabhizinisi afana ne-AWS ne-Google Cloud zitholele izindleko eziningi zokuthumela idatha evela ku-platforms zabo, okwenza ukuxhaswa kwezimali okwenza ukuxhaswa engatholakali. Futhi lapho amakhasimende afuna ngenxa ye-security risks, i-confidence concerns, noma i-alternatives ezingcono, zitholakalise Nge-2008, umphakeli we-cloud storage ebizwa ngokuthi i-The Linkup wathatha isixazululo se-catastrophic elidlulele ekupheleni kwama-45% yebhizinisi yabasebenzisi.4 Ngokungafani ne-Wuala noma i-Bitcasa, lapho abasebenzisi bafumene isixazululo esizayo yokuthintela amafayela zabo ngokwenene, amakhasimende we-The Linkup wahlanganyela konke ngehora, ngaphandle kokuphendula noma ukunakekelwa. 
 
 Umzekelo we-Data Loss ku-cloud akubonisa inkalo oluthile: Ukuphazamiseka kwedatha ku-cloud akuyona kuphela imikhiqizo - kuyinto ingozi yokuzonwabisa kubantu abalandela umphakeli omnye nge-assets yabo yedijithali enhle kakhulu. Umzekelo we-Data Loss ku-cloud akubonisa inkalo oluthile: Ukuphazamiseka kwedatha ku-cloud akuyona kuphela imikhiqizo - kuyinto ingozi yokuzonwabisa kubantu abalandela umphakeli omnye nge-assets yabo yedijithali enhle kakhulu. U-Nirvanix, umphakeli we-storage owenziwe ngama-$ 70 million yama- venture capital, wabhala ngokushesha ukucubungula e-2013, ukunika amakhasimende eminyakeni amabili ukuguqula idatha yabo ngaphambi kokuguqula ngempumelelo.5 Izinhlelo eziningi ziye zihlanganisa ukuxuba ama-petabytes yedatha ezibalulekile emikhashana eminyakeni okungenani. Umfundisi akuyona ngokushesha: kungasehlukanisa ukuthi umphakeli we-cloud ungenza ubukhulu noma okungenani, ukucubungula kunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokubuyekezwa - ukugcina amakhasimende abalandeli futhi abalandeli izinketho. Ngaphandle kokushintshwa kwemali kanye nokushintshwa kwama-providers, i-cloud storage lock-in ikakhulukazi nge-barriers zobuchwepheshe. Abaningi ama-cloud providers zihlanganisa APIs, izakhiwo zefayela, kanye nezinhlangano ezibonisa idatha ezingenalutho kanye nezinkinga ezinzima. Amabhizinisi abahlala izimpumelelo zayo zokusungula izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-proprietary zihlanganisa kakhulu ngaphakathi kwe-ecosystem ye-providers, okwenza ngisho ukuguqulwa kwe-miny field yobuchwepheshe nezimali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukunciphisa okungagunyaziwe izindlela zokuhweba idatha, okukhuthaza inkinga, ukugcina abasebenzisi abancane noma akukho izindlela zok I-Design ye-Decentralized: A New Paradigm ye-Data Ownership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsnxAHe0Hds&embedable=true Izinzuzo ze-vendor lock-in zihlanganisa ukunambitheka kwe-alternatives ezivamile ezinikezela kubasebenzisi ukulawula ngokwenene idatha yabo. I-Descentralized Storage Networks, njenge-Sia, inikeza indlela eyahlukile kakhulu - okuvimbela ukuxhaswa ku-provider eyodwa futhi ukunciphisa ingozi yokushicilela idatha eyodwa. Ngokungafani ne-cloud storage ezivamile, okuyinto kuxhaswa abasebenzisi abacwaningela ku-entity eyasekelwe, i-Sia isithunyelwe amafayela amaphilisi e-encrypted ku-multiple-independent storage providers, eyaziwa nangokuthi ama-hosts. Lokhu indlela yokusabalalisa amafayela ku-network ik Umphumela wokuqala we-Sia ye-Design ye-Decentralized yi-automation ye-repair ye-data lost or inaccessible. Nge-cloud storage services ezivamile, abasebenzisi kufuneka ukhangele izinga lokusebenza kanye nokuguqulela idatha yabo ngaphambi kwe-providers ekupheleni. Uma umphakeli uye ngokushesha i-offline, abasebenzisi angakwazi kuphela izinsuku noma izinsuku ukuyisibopho ngaphambi kwe-data yabo ngokushesha. Nge-Sia, le ingozi ilawulwa. Uma umphakeli we-storage ku-network uye i-offline, uhlelo lwe-Sia yokuguqulwa okuzenzakalelayo ihlukanise idatha ku-other host, ukugcina i-redundancy kanye nokulawula izindleko — ngaphandle kokusebenzisana kwamakhasim Ukulinganiswa okuhlobene ne-fault tolerance kuyinto oluphindaphindiyo kunazo zonke ama-cloud storage providers. Uma i-Google Cloud yasungulwa ngempumelelo i-akhawunti ye-UniSuper, Ukuze ukuguqulwa ukusebenza ngoba UniSuper wahlanganyela umphakeli we-third-party backup. Nge Sia, akukho umphakeli wahlanganyela ikhono lomsebenzisi ukugcina noma ukufinyelela idatha yabo. it took weeks 
 
 Uhlelo le-distribution ye-file ku-network ivimbele ukuthi akukho entity eyodwa angakwazi ukunciphisa ukufinyelela noma ukususwa idatha ye-user - ngempumelelo noma nangaphandle. Uhlelo le-distribution ye-file ku-network ivimbele ukuthi akukho entity eyodwa angakwazi ukunciphisa ukufinyelela noma ukususwa idatha ye-user - ngempumelelo noma nangaphandle. Ukusebenzisana kwe-Sia ku-storage kunikeza ukunikezela okuhlobene. Ukuze abasebenzisi abacwaningi abacwaningi okuhlobene ngokugcwele kwedatha yabo, isofthiwe se-Renderd ye-Sia inikeza kubo ukulawula zonke izindlela zokuphathwa kwedatha zabo ku-network. Kodwa-ke, abacwaningi bonke abacwaningi abacwaningi abacwaningi ukulawula ukuphathwa kwe-infrastructure eyenziwe ngqo. Abaningi abacwaningi ukunambitheka ukufinyelela kwebhizinisi nangokufuna ukunciphisa ukuxuba phakathi kwe-decentralization ne-accessibility, i-Sia Foundation isebenza ekuphuculeni indlela ukuthi abasebenzisi ne-developer zihlobene ne-network. Ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ubuchwepheshe yokuhweba kanye nokulanda amafayela, i-Foundation isebenza ekuthuthukiseni ingxenye eyengeziwe elula ukulawula i-storage contracts kumakhasimende nabasebenzi. I-Design eyenziwe ngama-party-third-party emangalisayo, le ingxenye entsha iyavumela abasebenzisi nabasebenzi ukuthenga ukuhweba okuzenzakalelayo nge-payment methods ezivamile kanye nokuqinisekisa iziqinisekiso zokufaka ukufinyelela ngqo ku-application kanye ne-development workflows zayo. Ngokwe-abstracting the overhead of running a renterd node, i-Sia Foundation inikeza ukwenza ukwakhiwa ku-Sia inethiwekhi ngokunembile njengokusebenzisa i-cloud APIs ezivamile. Ngaphandle kwe-Lock-In: I-Future of Data Ownership Izinzuzo ze-centralized cloud storage providers zibonisa izinzuzo ezijwayelekile zokuthumela idatha ku-entity eyodwa. I-Lock-in ye-Vendor ivela izinzuzo zezimali nezobuchwepheshe, zihlanganisa abasebenzisi ukukhuthaza ngokugcwele idatha zayo zayo, futhi zihlanganisa abasebenza abavela ukuhlola izixazululo. Amamodeli ze-cloud storage ezivamile zihlanganisa izakhiwo ze-pricing ezimbonini, isakhiwo se-centralized, kanye ne-technology ye-proprietary, zihlanganisa abasebenzisi zihlanganisa. 
 
 Sia ukunciphisa umjikelezo nge-desentralized design. Sia breaks the cycle through decentralized design. Ngokuvimbela iziphakamiso ezimbalwa, ngokuvumela ukuvikelwa kwedatha okuzenzakalelayo, futhi ngokuvumela abasebenzisi ukwandisa izinga lokuzikhethela yabo, i-Sia ivimbela ukuba abasebenzisi - akuyona nezinkampani - zithole ukulawula idatha zabo. I-Storage ye-future ayikho kuphela lapho idatha zihlaziywa, kodwa umuntu ukulawula. Inethiwekhi we-Sia inikeza isahluko esifanele lokuzikhethela umphakeli, inikeza ukugcinwa kwedatha okushintshana nokuphepha - ngaphandle kwezinzima ezivamile ze-cloud providers. Nge-configurable decentralization, abasebenzisi akufanele ukhetho phakathi kwezigcele kanye nokufanelekayo - angakwazi ukufinyelela ngamunye - ngaphansi kwezimo zabo. Ukuhlobisa 
 
 
 
 
 
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