Cloud Computing Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.
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Backup
A backup is a recoverable copy of data stored separately from the original source, used to restore files, volumes, or entire systems after data loss, corruption, or accidental deletion.
StorageRead definitionBlock Storage
Block Storage provides persistent, disk-like storage that can be attached to cloud instances, allowing data to survive instance restarts and be moved between instances.
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Cinder
Cinder is the OpenStack block storage service that creates, manages, and attaches persistent storage volumes to instances.
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Glance
Glance is the OpenStack image service that stores, catalogs, and retrieves disk images used to launch instances in a cloud environment.
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Object Storage
Object storage is a data storage architecture that manages data as discrete objects containing the data itself, metadata, and a unique identifier, accessed via HTTP APIs rather than file paths or block addresses.
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Snapshot
A snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a volume or instance state that captures all data as it existed at the moment of creation, enabling backup, recovery, and cloning operations.
StorageRead definitionSwift
Swift is the OpenStack object storage service that stores and retrieves unstructured data such as files, images, backups, and media using HTTP APIs.
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