Clean up of storage focused chapter

Removed common content: User (legal) requirements

Implements: blueprint arch-guide

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</itemizedlist>
<xi:include href="storage_focus/section_user_requirements_storage_focus.xml"/>
<xi:include href="storage_focus/section_tech_considerations_storage_focus.xml"/>
<xi:include href="storage_focus/section_operational_considerations_storage_focus.xml"/>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="user-requirements-storage-focus">
<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
<title>User requirements</title>
<para>Requirements for data define storage-focused clouds. These include:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Performance
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Access patterns
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Data structures
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>A balance between cost and user requirements dictate
what methods and technologies to use in a cloud architecture.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Cost</term>
<listitem>
<para>The user pays only for the storage they
actually use. This limit typically reflects average
user consumption during a month. This does not mean
that cloud storage is less expensive, only that it
incurs operating expenses rather than capital expenses.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Legal requirements</term>
<listitem>
<para>Multiple jurisdictions have
legislative and regulatory requirements governing the
storage and management of data in cloud environments.
Common areas of regulation include data retention
policies and data ownership policies.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<section xml:id="legal-requirements-storage-focus">
<title>Legal requirements</title>
<para>Many jurisdictions have legislative and regulatory
requirements governing the storage and management of data in
cloud environments. Common areas of regulation include:</para>
<note>
<para>Examples of such legal frameworks include the <link
xlink:href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/">data
protection framework</link> of the European Union and the
requirements of the <link
xlink:href="http://www.finra.org/Industry/Regulation/FINRARules/">Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority</link> in the United
States. Consult a local regulatory body for more information.
</para>
</note>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Data retention</term>
<listitem>
<para>Policies ensuring storage of
persistent data and records management to meet data
archival requirements.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Data ownership</term>
<listitem>
<para>Policies governing the possession
and responsibility for data.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Data sovereignty</term>
<listitem>
<para>Policies governing the storage of
data in foreign countries or otherwise separate
jurisdictions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Data compliance</term>
<listitem>
<para>Policies governing types of
information that must reside in certain
locations due to regulatory issues and cannot reside in
other locations for the same reason.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
<section xml:id="technical-requirements-storage-focus">
<title>Technical requirements</title>
<para>You can incorporate the following technical requirements
into the architecture design:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Storage proximity</term>
<listitem>
<para>In order to provide high
performance or large amounts of storage space, the
design may have to accommodate storage that is
attached to each hypervisor or served from a
central storage device.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Performance</term>
<listitem>
<para>To boost performance, the organization
may want to make use of different technologies to
cache disk activity.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Availability</term>
<listitem>
<para>Specific requirements regarding
availability influence the technology used to
store and protect data. These requirements
influence cost and the implemented solution.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Security</term>
<listitem>
<para>You must protect data both in
transit and at rest.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
</section>