Overview

What is Object Storage?

Object Storage is a modern storage solution for managing and storing large amounts of unstructured data. Unlike traditional file systems and block storage, Object Storage stores data as objects. Each object contains the data itself, associated metadata, and a unique identifier, which gives Object Storage excellent flexibility and scalability when handling large-scale data. Object Storage is enterprise class and instantly available, allowing you to store an infinite amount of data affordably, it is secure, durable and highly scalable. With Object Storage, you can safely and efficiently store and retrieve data directly from the Internet. It allows you to pay only for the storage you actually use, which eliminates the resource investment and capacity planning. Object Storage can be used alone or in conjunction with CDNetworks CDN, which is highly integrated to provide faster and safer content delivery service.

Why Choose CDNetworks Object Storage?

CDNetworks Object Storage is independently developed by CDNetworks. It is a cloud storage service solution designed for massive scale, high reliability, high performance, cost-effectiveness, and ease of use. Its goal is to help enterprises and developers easily manage and store massive amounts of unstructured data. By providing flexible access methods and a suite of practical tools, CDNetworks Object Storage can meet diverse business scenario requirements, including data backup and recovery, content storage and distribution, data analysis and processing, etc. Its design objective is to provide users with a secure, scalable environment, enabling them to focus on core business operations without worrying about the complexity of data storage and management. Simultaneously, this efficient and economical storage solution maximizes optimization of users’ storage investments, promoting sustainable business development.

Core Advantages

CDNetworks Object Storage offers the following core advantages:

• High Reliability: Utilizes advanced storage technology and architectural design to ensure data reliability of up to 99.9999999999%.
• Multiple Storage Types: Supports three storage types: Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive, flexibly adapting to different industries and business scenarios.
• Flexible Access and Management: Supports multiple access methods including Console, API, and SDK, along with tools like wos-browser, wcs-rsync-tools, and wcscmd for quick implementation of access and management operations.
• Cost Optimization: Enables adjustment of storage solutions based on actual access needs, effectively reducing overall storage costs.
• Diverse Functionality: Beyond basic space management and file management, it provides additional services such as file decompression, mirror storage, and audio/video data processing.

Application Scenarios

• Geo-Redundant Disaster Recovery: Automatically synchronizes data to designated regions through cross-region replication, achieving remote data disaster recovery while meeting compliance requirements. Ideal for scenarios where both primary and backup data reside in the cloud.
• Cloud Data Tiered Storage: Implements tiered storage strategies based on customer data scenarios. Data requiring long-term backup with low access frequency is stored in Infrequent Access or Archive Storage, reducing costs while fulfilling service requirements.
• Multimedia File Processing: For mass data generation scenarios, enterprises can implement cloud-based data storage, transcoding, cropping, watermarking, and other rich functionalities.
• Hotspot Resource Distribution Acceleration: In scenarios distributing popular resources like videos and games, cloud storage serves as the origin server paired with CDNetworks CDN for accelerated distribution. Enables local resource access to enhance user experience.

Storage Type

CDNetworks offers diverse storage solutions，including Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive Storage, helping users significantly optimize their storage costs.

• Standard Storage：Ideal for frequently accessed data, providing the highest availability and lowest latency. such as business scenarios including social media, image sharing, audio and video applications, large websites, big data analytics, program downloads, and mobile applications.
• Infrequent Access Storage：Ideal for less frequently accessed data that still requires rapid access, with relatively lower costs. such as business scenarios including backup data and surveillance video data.
• Archive Storage：Designed for long-term storage of rarely accessed data, offering the lowest cost.Ideal for long-term data preservation scenarios, such as archival data, medical imaging, scientific records, and media assets.

Data retrieval fees refer to the costs incurred when reading data from the underlying distributed storage system. Additionally, accessing files in Infrequent Access Storage will also incur outbound traffic fees.