Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS)
Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is a cloud-based, highly scalable, and durable object storage solution designed to store, back up, and archive vast amounts of unstructured data. It provides a RESTful API for developers to easily access and manage data from anywhere, offering various…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2011
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service was created to address the burgeoning need for a scalable, durable, and cost-effective storage solution for massive amounts of unstructured data, particularly for web-scale applications, big data analytics, and content delivery, which traditional file or block storage systems struggled to provide efficiently.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud Global Regions
Related technologies
- Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
- Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Analytics
- Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB (databases)
- Alibaba Cloud Log Service
- Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute (Big Data Analytics)
- Third-party backup and sync tools
- Object Storage SDKs (Java, Python, Go, PHP, .NET)
- Alibaba Cloud AI Platform
- Alibaba Cloud ECS (Elastic Compute Service)
- Alibaba Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Notable users
- Media and entertainment companies for content storage and delivery
- Alibaba Group (e-commerce, logistics, finance platforms)
- Startups and SMBs building cloud-native applications
- Companies requiring scalable data backup and archiving solutions
- Numerous enterprises in China and internationally leveraging Alibaba Cloud infrastructure