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Object storage

Meaning in cloud computing & devops, with examples

nounCommon term

In cloud computing & devops, object storage means: A type of cloud storage that keeps files as objects, each with a unique key and metadata, and lets you read and write them over an HTTP API.

In Turkish: nesne depolama, obje depolama

How it is used

Used for images, videos, backups, logs and data lakes. Amazon S3 is the best-known example; Azure Blob Storage and Google Cloud Storage are similar. Compare it with block storage (disks for VMs) and file storage (shared folders).

Example sentences

  1. User uploads go straight to object storage, not to the application servers.

  2. Object storage is cheap for large files, but it isn't a replacement for a database.

Common collocations

  • object storage service
  • S3-compatible object storage
  • store files in object storage
  • block storage
  • bucketA named container in object storage, such as Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage, that holds files and has its own access and storage settings.
  • backupA copy of data kept separately so it can be restored if the original is lost, damaged, deleted by mistake or encrypted by an attacker.
  • snapshotA copy of a disk, volume or database exactly as it was at one moment in time, which can be used to restore it or create a new copy.
  • CDNShort for content delivery network: a network of servers around the world that keeps copies of images, videos and pages close to users so they load faster.
  • egressData leaving a network, for example from a cloud provider to the internet or to another region. Cloud providers usually charge for egress but not for incoming data.

This word in other fields

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