{"id":1057,"date":"2012-11-30T07:25:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T07:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/storage-service-provider\/"},"modified":"2013-01-23T19:29:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T19:29:43","slug":"storage-service-provider","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/156\/storage-service-provider-ssp","title":{"rendered":"Storage Service Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_storage_service_provider_mean\">What Does Storage Service Provider Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A storage service provider (SSP) is a type of service provider that builds, operates, manages and delivers a comprehensive storage infrastructure to store third party data. A SSP may be further classified as an online storage service provider, virtual storage service provider or cloud storage service provider.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_storage_service_provider\">Techopedia Explains Storage Service Provider<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SSPs host specialized storage resources available for total access over the Internet through a website, network application and\/or application programming interface (API)-based access. Generally, a SSP has a facility that consists of a very large storage infrastructure or storage area network (SAN) that is logically assigned and distributed across one or more end users or enterprise. Each user is assigned a specific or desired storage capacity that may be scaled, depending on requirements. 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