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“Unstructured data proves to be troublesome for data centers to store and manage efficiently. Object storage makes it possible to store large volumes of unstructured data by offering virtually unlimited scalability, durability and data security” Cloud object storage proves to be beneficial for enterprises which require a scalable, durable and secure data storage infrastructure to store their mission critical data. This blog will talk about the top benefits and use cases of cloud object storage to get a better idea of how it can be used. Table of Contents Let us have a look at the contents of this blog, before we go any further;
Cloud object storage allows you to store large amounts of unstructured data in a highly scalable manner. So, whether you have a server (NAS filer, SAN iSCSI or Fiber channel and HCI), an application or backup requirement, you can easily store the data in object store, using REST APIs. Top 5 Benefits of Cloud Object Storage Cloud object storage benefits business in so many ways. Following are the top 5 benefits of cloud object storage; Scalability The biggest benefit of cloud object storage is scalability. For instance, consider traditional systems like file or block, you normally have a lot of constraints on how much data you can store. Cloud object storage is meant to store hundreds of Terabytes and can scale to store Petabytes of data easily. Durability One of the desirable benefits of cloud object storage is durability. Object storage has built in data integrity checks. So, if a particular disk fails or server crashes, you do not experience any data loss. For instance Amazon offers eleven nines (99.999999999%) of durability. What does eleven nines really mean, click here to find out. Availability Cloud object storage systems are accessible via REST APIs which means they are highly available and if a single server goes down, you do not have to worry about data inaccessibility. So, for you the access to the object store is business as usual and you are able to read and write data from it seamlessly. Flexibility Cloud object storage allows you to access the data using S3 protocols and compatible REST APIs. This means that you can access data from anywhere using S3 compatible server, applications, virtual environments, cloud storage and gateways depending on the workload requirements. Data Security Most cloud backup solutions provide you the ability to store the data, encrypt it at rest and also allow you to encrypt the data while transit. It means that the data you are storing in object store is secure from malicious or unauthorized access, ransomware attacks, data breaches and other similar cyber-attacks. Top 4 Use Cases of Cloud Object Storage There are several use cases of cloud object storage, four of which are discussed below; Backup and Disaster Recovery Target Storage Cloud object storage offers a secure, highly available and affordable target storage site for backup and DR data. For instance, let’s say you are a CTO of a financial company and have got critical workloads running on VMware hypervisors, and you are using an industry standard backup software like Veeam, CommVault, Acronis etc. to back up your VMs. While the backup software secures your data, cloud object storage provides you the secure target location where this backup data can be stored. Cloud object storage is a great solution to store it cost effectively and also in a secure way. AI and Analytics AI and data analytics are compute intensive operations. Conventional severs struggle with the IOP’s and the processing requirements. Cloud object storage gives you a storage that can support the demanding IOP’s. Let’s take an example of a healthcare company. You have large amounts of patient data such as medical records, PACS archiving, reports etc. and you want to run analytics. Cloud object storage can provide you the platform to support the data lake and can run frameworks like Spark. Cloud Native Dev environments tend to be very needy. They require compute, storage and their requirements grow day by day. If you are developing an enterprise product, then it becomes challenge for storage administrators to keep up with these requirements. Cloud object storage can easily keep up with these requirements, deliver performances and keep the cost implications in check. Multimedia Asset Storage and Archiving Multimedia assets range from high definition pictures, to videos, to constantly increasing or growing video surveillance data. Consequently, they need a lot of storage space and that storage space has to be scalable and affordable. Traditional servers need forklift upgrades which is disruptive, slow and costly. Cloud object storage on the other hand, provides affordable storage, which can scale endlessly. This makes cloud object storage a great fit for multimedia assets storage and archiving. Let’s take example of a media company which has large amounts of media assets and you want to store those media assets. Cloud object storage is the best way of carrying it out. Conclusion Cloud object storage is highly scalable, durable, secure, available and affordable. This makes them a great fit for a wide array of enterprise requirements and use cases. StoneFly offers cloud object storage in Amazon S3 cloud, and we also have local S3 object storage appliances. To Get a Free Trial and Demo of Our Cloud Object Storage and Local S3 Appliances, Contact us: Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 (510) 265 1616 You Can Also Follow Us on Social Media Channels Twitter: @stoneflyinc Facebook: facebook.com/stoneflyinc Youtube: youtube.com/stoneflyinc Linkedin:linkedin.com/company/stonefly-networks
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