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  In today’s data-driven world, organizations are producing massive amounts of unstructured data—ranging from images, videos, and documents to logs, backups, and analytics data. Traditional file and block storage systems often struggle to efficiently manage this growing volume. Object-Based Storage (OBS) has emerged as a powerful solution, enabling scalable, cost-effective, and secure storage for modern workloads. What is Object-Based Storage? OBS is a method of storing unstructured data as discrete units called objects. Each object contains three essential components: Data – The actual file, image, video, or dataset. Metadata – Descriptive information about the data, such as file type, creation date, owner, or custom tags. Unique Identifier – A unique ID that allows the system to retrieve the object from anywhere. Unlike file storage, which organizes data in hierarchical folders, or block storage, which stores data in fixed-size blocks, OBS stores all objects in a ...

Introduction In this digital epoch, data is power. It is amazing the amount of information we generate each day from social media posts to holiday pictures, scientific simulations and business records. The challenge lies in too much data: how do we store all that securely, efficiently and cheaply? Object-based storage is the name given to this ground-breaking approach that has changed everything in the world of data storage. Traditional methods organize data in folders and files unlike object-based storage which treats it as individual “objects”. Each of these objects is self-sufficient with its own unique identifier and a lot of metadata (descriptive information). This way it can be easily found without necessarily opening or accessing any file. To illustrate better, think of a library having millions of books. A traditional file system would categorize them by genre and author, making browsing manageable. However, what if you need an illustration or quote somewhere deep inside...