This type of storage is primarily useful when we want to use this along with our compute servers, and want to manage the storage via the host operating system.
To understand this better, this type of storage is equivalent to the hard disk/SSD that comes with our laptops/MacBook when we purchase them. In case of laptop storage, if we decide to increase the capacity, we need to replace the existing disk with another one.
When it comes to the Cloud, if we want to add more capacity, we can just purchase another larger capacity storage and attach it to our server. This is one of the reasons why the Cloud has become popular as it has made it very easy to add or shrink the storage that we need.
It's good to remember that, since there ...