Cloud - enabled storage possesses different features when compared to an on-premise cloud storage system deployed in the business. 

It Predominantly Differs From Traditional Storage Infrastructure in Regard to the Three Main Features:

- Access to the files remotely over the network
- Access files on object-based storage platform
- Exclusive cost structure

For maximization of cost savings through cloud storage, the businesses should effectively utilize the storage capacity that is spread across different locations and is managed by a third party service provider. A cloud-enabled infrastructure helps the organizations to integrate cloud storage and seek other significant benefits that are not available with traditional file storage environment.

It helps to significantly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), which primarily comprises of hardware and software acquisition, communications, end-user expenditure, downtime costs, training costs and expenses related to management and support etc.

For building a cloud enabled storage infrastructure, there are certain capabilities that should be incorporated in the traditional storage system such as integration of various cloud storage systems from different platforms or vendors, migration of appropriate data such as inactive files among different storage systems without distracting the user access etc.

A Cloud-Enabled Infrastructure Renders Innumerable Benefits to Businesses, Helping Them to Reduce Their TCO by Bringing:

- A Reduction in Storage Costs: A cloud enabled infrastructure enables a reduction in the storage costs by incorporating intelligent business policies and maximizing operational flexibility in business operations.

- An Increase in Resource Utilization: Cloud enabled infrastructure helps to achieve operational efficiency in business. It facilitates the provisioning of additional resources, as per the fluctuating business demands. It ensures optimum utilization of resources.

- A Decrease in Data-Back up Time and Cost: A cloud enabled infrastructure improves data backup processes, thereby reducing the backup time and costs involved. The mechanism of storage tiering under this structure differentiates between the various types of files among different physical file systems. Each file system thus comprises of less data and requires less time for data backup. Moreover, several physical file systems can be backed up together with reduction in data backup costs.

- A Diminish in Operational Costs: Cloud hosting enabled infrastructure helps to attain operational efficiency , as it provides the flexibility to perform various storage management tasks in less time and with low overhead costs involved, which is not possible in case of traditional storage mechanism. It allows the movement of data and files anywhere and anytime, as per the business needs.

Cloud-enabled storage infrastructure offers numerous advantages to the organizations in contrast to traditional on premise storage. Thus, it ensures economies of scale by reducing the capital costs incurred in purchasing storage space and operational costs involved in its day to day management.