About solving the problem of choosing a cloud storage using the smart method

The article discusses a multi-criteria approach to solving the problem of choosing the most suitable cloud storage for storing personal files. The analysis of the most popular services, their functionality and the range of services provided was carried out, which made it possible to identify the characteristics of cloud storage used as criteria for the SMART method. From the entire possible set of formulated criteria, the most important ones were selected for the choice of storage in terms of personal use of storing large volumes of files, including photos, audio and video, and their weights were set. For each alternative cloud storage, an integral indicator was calculated using the SMART method, reflecting the general preference of one or another alternative and conclusions were drawn about which storage should be chosen for use.