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Storage models

Storage models

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Storage models

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- All of our systems need a place to store their data and this brings us to the concept of a storage model. Now, a storage model describes the method used by a cloud computing infrastructure to store data. This includes object storage, database storage, block storage, blob storage, and key value pairs. Object storage is a computer data storage architecture that matches data as distinct units called objects. Object storage is ideal for storing, archiving, backing up, and managing large volumes of unstructured data in a reliable, efficient, and affordable manner. The data stored in an object storage system is usually going to be unstructured, which includes things like emails, videos, photos, audio files, and other types of media or data. With object storage, there is no folders, directories, or complex hierarchies, but instead they're stored in a flat data structure environment. File-based storage is similar to object storage, and then it can store any type of unstructured data. But…

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