Object storage
How do you build a cloud storage system? The most suitable underlying technology is object storage.
Object storage is different from block or file storage as it allows a user to store data in the form of objects (essentially files) in a flat namespace using REST HTTP APIs. Object storage completely virtualizes the physical implementation from the logical presentation. It is similar to check-in luggage versus carry-on luggage, where once you put your check-in luggage in the system, you really don't know where it is. You simply get it back at your destination. With carry-on luggage, you have to know exactly where you have kept it at all times.
Object storage is built using scale-out distributed systems. Each node, most often, actually ...
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