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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10

You're reading from   Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10 Protect your virtual environment and implement cloud backup using Veeam technology

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838980443
Length 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
2. Chapter 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimization FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The 3-2-1 Rule – Keeping Data Safe 4. Section 2: Storage – NAS Backup, Linux, SOBR, and OBS
5. Chapter 3: NAS Backup 6. Chapter 4: Scale-Out Repository and Object Storage – New Copy Policy 7. Chapter 5: Windows and Linux – Proxies and Repositories 8. Chapter 6: Object Storage – Immutability 9. Section 3: DataLabs, Cloud Backup, and Veeam ONE
10. Chapter 7: Veeam DataLabs 11. Chapter 8: Cloud Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Cloud Connect Provider and the Insider Protection Feature 12. Chapter 9: Instant VM Recovery 13. Chapter 10:Veeam ONE 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding Object Storage

Object Storage is a computer data storage architecture that manages and stores information as objects, unlike filesystems, which use a file hierarchy and block storage that stores data as blocks within sectors and tracks. When data gets stored within object storage, it includes the data itself, an amount of metadata, and a GUID (short for Globally Unique Identifier). You can create a namespace within Object Storage, spanning multiple physical hardware instances, like a cluster.

You can compare Object Storage with other forms to see the differences:

  • Object Storage: Takes pieces of data and designates them as an object, and then stores the data along with its associated metadata and a GUID.
  • File Storage: Takes data and stores it in a hierarchy of folders to help organize it. This method is also known as hierarchical storage, which is similar to how paper files are stored, and data access is via a folder path.
  • Block Storage: Data is broken...
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