An object's life consists of various stages. The stages represent the operations that occur with the object. Information lifecycle management (ILM) rules affect how objects are managed over time and protected from loss.
The life of an object includes the operations of ingest, retrieve, delete, and archive.
- Ingest: The process of a client application saving an object over HTTP to the StorageGRID system. At this stage, the StorageGRID system begins to manage the object.
- Retrieve: The process of a client application accessing an object stored by the StorageGRID system. The client reads the object, which is retrieved from a Storage Node or Archive Node over HTTP.
- Delete: The process of the client application sending a delete request to the StorageGRID system, which in turn sends an HTTP removal command to all object locations.
- Archive: If a rule in the active ILM policy requires archival, a copy of the object data is made and saved to the archival storage system.