Application Storage

Regardless of if you are developing an application for your business or as an ISV, it is important to consider storage needs and use cases with regard to data creation and consumption patterns early in the application design phase. This ensures that your object schema is optimal with respect to large data volumes, data migration processes (inbound and outbound), and storage costs. In this chapter, we will extend the Custom Objects in the FormulaForce application as we explore how the platform stores and manages data. We will explore the difference between your application’s operational data, configuration data, and the benefits of using Custom Metadata Types for configuration management and deployment. We will also explore ways to integrate storage solutions from AWS, such as DynamoDB, for cases where your customers want to leave data outside of Salesforce but still access it through objects.

You will gain a good understanding of the types of storage...