Object storage is an abstraction which deals with all the complexities of managing physical storage infrastructure, read and write operations are optimized for large scale and performance. The data plane is 100% managed and distributed, the control plane takes control of every request authenticating and authorizing every object operation with a resilient design. Customers are always in control of their data with open protocols avoiding lock-in.

How object storage is different from other persistence mechanisms?

In object storage there is no provisioning of infrastructure and no upfront costs, customers pay only for what they use on a pay-as-you-go basis by leveraging the economies of scale.

This technology sits in the middle of everything, any kind of application or business strategy can benefit from this storage strategy from small servers to large enterprises on big data.