The amount of information to be processed has increased rapidly everywhere. As a result, computers’ external storage systems are now almost indispensable in all organizations.

At present, many organizations do not have a sufficiently large and fast storage system for processing and archiving 3D metering data. Large work files are currently stored on, inter alia, local disk drives and external hard drives, which are not good enough for archiving large amounts of data. Project work files can be several tens of terabytes in size.

The purpose of the thesis was to determine the options for the most suitable storage systems for handling and archiving these 3D measurement materials. First, the features of the webhost servers and cloud services, their advantages, disadvantages, and compatibility as a storage system were studied. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of the storage system options were examined. Price and technical features also acted as relevant criteria for the examination.

As part of the survey, twenty storage companies were sent questionnaires via email regarding various storage systems. Information from the storage systems was also collected through the websites of companies providing storage solutions. On the basis of the survey, the network-attached storage would be the most suitable as the storage system for the current needs in terms of price and features.