International Journal of Innovative Computer Science & Engineering (IJICSE) Available Online at www.ijicse.in Chandra Prakash Verma, IJICSE Volume 1, Issue 1: Page No.06-09 Page6 ISSN: 2393-8528 Analyzing Cloud Storage and Database Management Chandra Prakash Verma 1 , Neelkamal Chaudhary 2 , Noopur Rastogi 3 1 M Tech (CS), Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer, Badliya Chauraha, Ajmer, Rajasthan chandra.rbs@email.com 2 M Tech (CS), Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer, Badliya Chauraha, Ajmer, Rajasthan neelkamal.chaudhary26@email.com 3 Asst. Prof, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan Noopurrastogi108@email.com INTRODUCTION: The Cloud has become a new vehicle for delivering resources such as computing and storage to customers on demand. Rather than being a new technology in itself, the cloud [1] is a new business model wrapped around new technologies such as server virtualization that take advantage of economies of scale and multi-tenancy to reduce the cost of using information technology resources. Cloud computing is the latest evolution of Internet-based computing. The Internet provided a common infrastructure for applications. Soon, static web pages began to add interactivity. This was followed by hosted applications like Hotmail.[7] As these web applications added more user-configuration, they were renamed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Companies like Salesforce.com have led this wave. Cloud computing isn’t just about accessing applications over the web. The cloud can also be used to store documents, either as a giant backup drive or as your primary source of file storage. In addition, you can use the cloud to store and share your favorite websites. By putting your favorites online, you can share them with all your friends—no email or instant messaging necessary. (When stored on the cloud, you can also access your favorites when you’re using another computer, which is great when you’re traveling or out of the office.) In the past, a large database had to be housed onsite, typically on a large server. That limited database access to users either located in the same physical location or connected to the company’s internal database—and excluded, in most instances, traveling workers and users in remote offices. This, in turn, limited the usefulness of the data contained in the database. Today, thanks to cloud computing technology, the underlying data of a database can be stored in the cloud—on collections of web servers—instead of housed in a single physical location. This enables users both inside and outside the company to access the same data, day or night, which increases the usefulness of that data. It’s a way to make data universal. CLOUD STORAGE This is a form of networked data storage where data files are stored on multiple virtual servers. The servers used for cloud storage are typically hosted by third-party companies who operate large data centers. When you subscribe to a cloud storage service, you lease storage capacity from the cloud storage service. You then have access to the contracted amount of storage space, which you access via the Internet. It looks like a single server or ABSTRACT Cloud computing isn’t just about accessing applications over the web. The cloud can also be used to store documents, either as a giant backup drive or as your primary source of file storage. This Paper discusses about how a cloud can be used for data storage and database management. It also reviews main benefits and risks of storing data in cloud. Cloud database usage patterns are evolving, and business adoption of these technologies accelerates that evolution. Initially, cloud databases serviced consumer applications. This article is also a study of one of main database architecture used that is shared disk database architecture. In order to survey cloud storage and database management we have included some examples of data storage in cloud and database management in cloud. Key Words: Cloud, Database, Technology, Cloud Storage