Cloud Computing is a kind of Technology which is mainly responsible for the virtualization. Cloud Computing is a technology that uses the internet and central remote server to maintain data and application. Cloud Computing has been one of the most booming technologies among the other Information Technology weapon in today‘s scenario. Cloud Computing is classified public, private or it its hybrid companies and their IT vendors are focused increasingly on virtualization based cloud services and consolidation solutions and the potential benefit they provide business. It is a helpful tool for remote data and content storage and sharing. This paper is talks about Cloud based storage systems; including its need and role and characteristics in brief manner.

Keywords:-Cloud Computing, Information Services, Virtualization, Storage Systems, Networked Systems, Storage Virtualization, Data Systems