Cloud Block Storage Service
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A Cloud Block Storage Service is a Cloud service of block data storage.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- Cloud Object Storage, such as AWS S3.
- See: Cloud Data Storage.
References
2015
- http://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-management-best-practices/cloud-storage-aws-vs-azure-vs-google-vs-softlayer
- QUOTE: Object storage is great for the use case it is designed for — that is, storing data as a self-contained “object” for later retrieval. However, if you need a more standard filesystem configuration (and one that is POSIX compliant), then block storage is the appropriate choice.