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About Swift

Swift is a distributed object and blob storage system. It is designed to store large amounts of data with eventual consistency and high availability.

Key Capabilities

  • Distributed, eventually consistent object storage
  • Replication and container synchronization
  • Large object and global cluster support
  • S3 REST API compatibility
  • Object encryption and access control

Integrations

S3-compatible cloud servicesEnterprise authentication systems

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Quick Facts

docs.openstack.org/swift/latest
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
PricingSubscription
DeploymentOn-Premises, Cloud, Hybrid
Target SizeEnterprise