Cloud seeding (also known as seeding the cloud) is an option an organization can take for
creating its first data backup
to a cloud service.
After installing a cloud backup provider’s
software on its servers, an organization can start backing up data to the cloud service over the
Internet; however, transferring a sizable amount of data to the cloud can take some
time. To help cut down the time required for this to happen, some cloud storage
providers offer a “seeding” option in which a disk drive or other appliance is sent to
customers, who back up their data locally and then ship the drive/appliance back to the
provider.
The customer's data is then copied to the cloud provider’s servers, “seeding” the customer’s
initial full backup. Once this process has been accomplished, a customer’s servers only have to
back up blocks of data that
have changed since the initial seed was completed.
See also: sneakernet, AWS import/export
Contributor(s): Kim Hefner
This was last updated in December 2011
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