{"id":1006,"date":"2017-09-20T23:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.virtono.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2017-09-20T23:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:49:13","slug":"what-is-object-storage-and-why-do-you-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/knowledgebase\/what-is-object-storage-and-why-do-you-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Object Storage and Why do you need it"},"content":{"rendered":"

By this time we are familiar with the tremendous amount of data that is being produced\u00a0at a massive scale every single day by every single “smart” device around us.<\/p>\n

Before going any further let us differentiate between structured and unstructured data and why structured data storage techniques are now obsolete.<\/p>\n

Structured Data<\/strong>: This type of data works after creating a pretty cut and dry model for the information that will be stored in the database, having sturdy pre-defined procedures as to how they will be stored, accessed and processed. For ex.- What fields the will be stored in? The data types (numeric, symbolic, alphabetic), What relation these different fields will have with each other, the capacity of each field and so on.<\/p>\n

Unstructured Data<\/strong>: This type of data can be defined as the one where we cannot apply simple\u00a0logic and retrieve and create information out of. For ex.- Your photos, how will you search a photo in a database where there was a yellow backdrop and you were smiling with your wife? You can’t, Can you? However, when dealing with structured data you can find a person’s name, age, and other information that is stored smoothly.<\/p>\n

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Okay, so we’ve got the definitions out of the way.<\/p>\n

Another point that I will touch on is why the techniques and usage of structured data is now obsolete.<\/p>\n

To work with\u00a0Structured Data we prominently use language\u00a0like SQL (Structured\u00a0Query Language). If you’ve had any previous experience with SQL you’ll know that isn’t\u00a0very efficient in handling any dynamic changes, in layman’s term you have fields with pre-defined rules, you follow those rules and you fill those fields and that is stored in the database.<\/p>\n

But look around now, all that data you just created reading this post, did you fill any field? Are you thinking How did I create any data, well you did create history while reading it, unless you are using the incognito mode in that case you still created history, just not that shows up in your browser.<\/p>\n

What about when you uploaded a picture on Instagram, that’s data.<\/p>\n

So how do we handle this data, that is so different from what it used to be.<\/p>\n

When we are producing trillions of gigabytes of this\u00a0Unstructured Data.<\/p>\n

Firstly, we have to evolve our old practices to be able to properly manage this high increased production of data.<\/p>\n

Secondly, we have to come up with new ways to store and access and work on this data to extract information.<\/p>\n

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