An ingest, or save, operation consists of a defined data flow between the client and the StorageGRID system. The system uses attributes to track the ingestion of the object and the available storage space.
When a client saves an object to the StorageGRID system, the Storage Node processes the request and stores the metadata and data to disk.
The table shows the primary attributes used to track the ingest of an object to the StorageGRID system:
Component | Attribute changes |
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Object Data: The amount of replicated object data stored on the object store increases by an amount roughly equivalent to the newly ingested object's size. Object data may be initially stored as two replicated copies from dual commit, resulting in twice the space used. | |
Total Objects: The total number of S3 and Swift data objects known by this grid node increases by one. |