Data management

What an object is
With object storage, the unit of storage is an object, rather than a file or a block. Unlike the tree-like hierarchy of a file system or block storage, object storage organizes data in a flat, unstructured layout. Object storage decouples the physical location of the data that is stored from the method of storing and retrieving it.

What information lifecycle management is
Information lifecycle management is a set of rules organized into a policy. The rules determine how an object’s data is protected from loss over time.

Protecting object data from loss
The StorageGRID system provides you with two mechanisms to protect object data from loss: replication and erasure coding.

The life of an object
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.

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