Object storageΒΆ
Object storage is a good way to store unstructured data. Unlike a file system where you would have a structured tree of files and directories or block storage upon which you can use a file system, object storage stores arbitrary objects.
Each object consists of the data stored and a varying amount of metadata, that is, information about the stored object.
The backup service in Binero cloud uses our object storage to save the backup data.
In Binero cloud you are able to consume the object storage service by using both the S3 API and the Swift API, both from the same underlying storage platform and can reach the same data but use different APIs.
Note
In the documentation we can refer to either a container or bucket both being the same thing, a container holding objects, where bucket is S3 terminology and container is Swift terminology.
Tip
We enforce a default quota of 1000 buckets or containers in the object storage, contact our support if you need more.
You have the ability to choose from different storage policies of object storage to setup a storage solution that delivers at the lowest possible cost per GB while still meeting your requirements.
We also enable replication if you want to have your data available in more than one availability zone for example as part of a multi data center high availability solution.
We recommend reading through our Getting started with object storage guide to get starting using our object storage service.