Cloud data storage

Modern data storage in the cloud comes in many flavors. The main flavors are in three general areas: object storage, NoSQL, and relational data storage. Each type of data storage has its pros and cons and should be thoroughly evaluated when you’re making decisions.

Object storage

Object storage has become one of the most used storage methods. It comes with plenty of benefits and some significant concerns. The advantages are its filesystem-like nature, its ability to integrate common file types, its massively scalable possibilities, and its relatively low cost. Moreover, object stores can store both structured and semi-structured data and files such as audio and videos. However, object storage does have some characteristics that should always be considered. How do you govern access to your object storage? This can be a significant task. Do you limit what technologies have access to? What files can you store, and how do you store them? How are things maintained...