Introduction To Dx Storage Objects; Introducing Named Objects - Dell DX6000 Application Manual
Dx object storage application guide version 5.0
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- Hardware owner's manual (198 pages) ,
- Getting started with your system (124 pages) ,
- Administration manual (74 pages)
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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:
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Section 1.1, "Introducing Named Objects"
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Section 1.2, "Summary of Named Objects and Unnamed Objects"
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Section 1.3, "Common Named Object Terminology"
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Section 1.4, "About DX Storage Object Types"
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Section 1.8, "About Objects and Security"
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Section 1.5, "Bucket and Object Naming Rules"
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Section 1.7, "Universal Resource Identifiers (URIs)"
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Section 1.9, "Concepts for Unnamed Objects"
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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
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
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