​Akamai​'s Object Storage is a globally-available, Amazon S3-compatible method you can use to store and access data. It's different from traditional hierarchical data storage, such as a traditional filesystem on a physical or virtual disk or a Block Storage volume. With Object Storage, files (also called objects) are stored in flat data structures (referred to as buckets) alongside their own rich metadata.

Due to the nature of Object Storage, you don't have to use a Linode. Instead, Object Storage gives each object a unique URL that you can use to access the data. An object can be publicly accessible, or you can set it to be private, and only visible to you. This makes Object Storage great for sharing and storing unstructured data like images, documents, archives, streaming media assets, and file backups. The amount of data you can store can range from small collections of files to massive libraries of information.

Features

Here are some of the features offered with <<Nickname Object Storage:

• Amazon S3-compatible. Object Storage is an Amazon S3-compatible storage solution that supports the use of SDKs, open source projects, and other services built on the Amazon S3 API.
• Global footprint and scale. Object Storage is available in more than 20 regions globally, supporting applications storing petabytes (PB) of content, 100s of thousands of requests per second (RPS), and 100s of Gbps of throughput.
• Strong read-after-write consistency. This ensures data is predictable and minimizes application complexity. With a successful write of a new object or update of an existing one, any subsequent read will receive the latest version, and a listing of the objects in a bucket will accurately reflect the changes.

Endpoint types

An endpoint type defines the performance and limits when working with content stored on that endpoint. All endpoints have an assigned type of E0, E1, E2, or E3. To learn more, see Endpoint types.

Product support and limits

For detailed information about the limits associated with buckets and each endpoint type, see Quotas and limits.

Developer resources

• Linode API provides the ability to programmatically manage the full range of services on Akamai Cloud. (There are several operations specific to Object Storage.)
• Linode CLI is a wrapper around the Linode API that lets you manage your account and resources from the command line. Learn how to use the Linode CLI.