Cloud

Cloud storage

Terms

7 terms

  • Cold storage · cloud storage

    Cold storage in cloud storage is a low-cost tier for rarely accessed data, trading cheaper capacity for retrieval fees, minimum durations and slower access.

  • Object storage

    Object storage is a cloud storage model that keeps data as whole objects with metadata and keys in a flat, highly scalable namespace accessed over HTTP.

  • Object versioning

    Object versioning keeps every overwritten or deleted version of an object in a cloud storage bucket so that earlier data can be listed and restored.

  • Presigned URL

    A presigned URL is a time-limited, signed address that grants temporary access to one object in cloud storage without sharing credentials.

  • S3

    S3 is the Amazon Simple Storage Service, a cloud object storage service whose HTTP API became the de facto standard for storing files at any scale.

  • Storage bucket

    A storage bucket in cloud storage is a named top-level container for objects that sets their location, access rules, lifecycle and versioning.

  • Storage class

    A storage class in cloud storage is a tier that sets the price, availability and retrieval behavior of stored objects for a given access pattern.