Swift is an object storage system that provides restful HTTP interfaces

Swift is an object storage system that provides restful HTTP interfaces, originally originated from Rackspace's cloud Files, to provide a service that competes with AWS S3.

Swift, open source in 2010, is one of OpenStack's first two projects. However, in the domestic OpenStack circle, it is not very possible to hear about Swift's voice, as described in the first "FileSystem vs Object Storage-selection and trend" in this series, the RESTful HTTP interface object storage, mainly for Internet application services, The traditional industry users most concerned about by OpenStack vendors are currently able to apply this storage model.

But in fact, Swift has some successful applications in some local internet companies, including Sina, American Regiment, Iqiyi, Phoenix and so on. More widely used abroad, as early as 2010, Swift ushered in the first commercial case outside Rackspace-Korea Telecom, a familiar Wikipedia, ebay and other Swift users. It is believed that with the application architecture of the Internet technology being accepted by the traditional industry, object storage and Swift will be more and more widely concerned.

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Swift is an object storage system that provides restful HTTP interfaces