Object storage

wikipedia:Object storage is a computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to other storage architectures like file systems which manages data as a file hierarchy, and block storage which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks.

Object Storage cloud providers

• Amazon S3 (2006)
• Swift (OpenStack) (2010)
• IBM Cloud
• MinIO (2014, Go)
• Ceph (2012)
• Object Storage Service
• Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage
• Azure Blob Storage

Amazon S3 logs

Amazon S3 allows users to enable or disable logging. If enabled, the logs are stored in Amazon S3 buckets which can then be analyzed. These logs contain useful information such as:

Date and time of access to requested content Protocol used (HTTP, FTP, etc.) HTTP status codes Turnaround time HTTP request message

Related terms

• Centera
• File system: HDFS
• NetApp FabricPools

See also

• Object storage: AWS S3, ceph, Scality, SWIFT, Cloudian, MinIO, Swift (OpenStack), Object versioning
• key-value
• GPFS, GFS2