The document discusses strategies for storage in cloud deployments. It notes that cloud deployments create storage challenges related to multi-tenancy, availability, manageability, scalability, and elasticity. It proposes using application-aware storage with quality of service guarantees to address these challenges. Oracle storage solutions like the Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance are presented as options to provide multi-tenancy, scalability, agility, observability, and high availability suited for cloud environments.