{"id":10762,"date":"2011-09-26T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/storage-as-a-service\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:52:42","slug":"storage-as-a-service","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24900\/storage-as-a-service-saas","title":{"rendered":"Storage as a Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_storage_as_a_service_mean\">What Does Storage as a Service Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Storage as a service (SaaS) is a business model in which a company leases or rents its storage infrastructure to another company or individuals to store data. Small companies and individuals often find this to be a convenient methodology for managing backups, and providing cost savings in personnel, hardware and physical space.<\/p>\n<p>A company providing SaaS may be called a storage service provider (SSP). Storage as a service can also be referred to as hosted storage.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_storage_as_a_service\">Techopedia Explains Storage as a Service<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As an alternative to storing magnetic tapes offsite in a vault, IT administrators are meeting their storage and backup needs by service level agreements (SLAs) with an SaaS provider, usually on a cost-per-gigabyte-stored and cost-per-data-transferred basis. The client transfers the data meant for storage to the service provider on a set schedule over the SaaS provider\u2019s wide area network or over the Internet. The storage provider provides the client with the software required to access their stored data. Clients use the software to perform standard tasks associated with storage, including data transfers and data backups. 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