Storage Nodes provide disk storage capacity and services.
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What a Storage Node is
A Storage Node includes the services and processes required to store, move, verify, and retrieve object data and metadata on disk.
Managing Storage Nodes
Managing Storage Nodes entails monitoring the amount of usable space on each node, using watermark settings, and applying Storage Node configuration settings.
Setting Grid Options
Grid Options allow you to manage the settings for stored objects, including stored object encryption, stored object hashing, and stored object compression. You can also set the Prevent Client Modify and the HTTP options.
What object segmentation is
Object segmentation is the process of splitting up an object into a collection of smaller fixed-size objects in order to optimize storage and resources usage for large objects. S3 multi-part upload also creates segmented objects, with an object representing each part.
Verifying object integrity
The StorageGRID system verifies the integrity of object data on Storage Nodes, checking for both corrupt and missing objects.
How load balancing works
To balance ingest and retrieval workloads, optionally deploy the StorageGRID system with API Gateway Nodes, or integrate a third-party load balancer.