[Cameron Tackett]

Being able to put files/data off site holds many different benefits. It can make easier for lower end PC’s to be able to access complex programs or files. That they would generally not be able to handle on their own. For example, whenever me and my friends were creating a video game. One of my friends had not had a PC for very long, and was struggling to run Unreal Engine. So being able to “host” the Engine on another platform that then could be streamed to his PC made it so he could work on the project. It also made it possible for all of us to work and edit the files at the same time. Instead of having to rely on a LAN network to do so. All of this was done using Desktop Virtualization. The cons of this were, having the technology/resources to be able to get the system/third party to be able to host it in the first place. Secondly, if we had any issues. We had to go through the third party to fix them.

A second form we have used would be Storage Virtualization. This was used by our group to pull together all of our different story boards/resources for our game development into one large storage solution. All of this was done through One drive and other google apps. Their were very few cons that I could think of with this one. Other than it being less secure. Since all of our data was in one location, and if one of us were to be compromised. It would be possible for someone to steal it all. However, we are all very versed in basic and common sense security so I wouldn’t have foreseen this being an issue.