Dell DX6004S DX Object Storage Application Guide - Page 6
Introduction to DX Storage Objects
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Chapter 1. Introduction to DX Storage Objects The following topics in this chapter provide application programmers an overview of working with objects in a DX Storage storage cloud: • Section 1.1, "Introducing Named Objects" • Section 1.2, "Summary of Named Objects and Unnamed Objects" • Section 1.3, "Common Named Object Terminology" • Section 1.4, "About DX Storage Object Types" • Section 1.8, "About Objects and Security" • Section 1.5, "Bucket and Object Naming Rules" • Section 1.7, "Universal Resource Identifiers (URIs)" • Section 1.9, "Concepts for Unnamed Objects" • Section 1.10, "Document Typographical Conventions" 1.1. Introducing Named Objects DX Storage version 5.0 supports the option of storing and accessing objects in a DX Storage public or private cloud by name or by UUID as shown in the following figure. The figure shows two objects, one named and one unnamed, in a cluster named cloud.com. The named object is stored in a bucket named photos while the unnamed object is identified by its UUID and is stored in a particular domain in the cluster. The terms bucket and domain are defined in Section 1.3, "Common Named Object Terminology". You access the named object using the URL http://cloud.com/photos/photo1.jpg You access the unnamed object using the URL http://cloud.com/2570D424FF81DE175058B17652F3CDC8 Your DX Storage 5.0 and later private or public cloud can have: • All unnamed objects • All named objects Copyright © 2010 Caringo, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Version 5.0 December 2010