From 3ba8d62255e4b2b290c83f2deefc845d6f96e794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Eby Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:04:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update object storage definition in glossary --- docs/src/main/sphinx/glossary.rst | 24 ++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/glossary.rst b/docs/src/main/sphinx/glossary.rst index acf8156530b2..d20926cdcb9c 100644 --- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/glossary.rst @@ -111,20 +111,16 @@ Load Balancer (LB) .. _glossObjectStorage: -Object Storage - `Object storage `_ is a file - storage mechanism that stores data in a flat namespace, as opposed to - hierarchical filesystems. Files written in object storage are immutable, - meaning you cannot update a file but just overwrite or replace the entire - file. In the context of Trino, object storage commonly refers to `cloud - storage `_ - technologies such as `Amazon S3 `_, `Google Cloud - Storage `_, and `Azure Blob Storage - `_. In addition to - cloud-hosted services, there are also local object storage options such as - `MinIO `_ and `Ceph `_ that are - compatible with S3. Object storage became a popular replacement to - :ref:`HDFS `. +Object storage + `Object storage `_ is a file + storage mechanism. Examples of compatible object stores include the + following: + + * `Amazon S3 `_ + * `Google Cloud Storage `_ + * `Azure Blob Storage `_ + * `MinIO `_ and other S3-compatible stores + * :ref:`HDFS ` .. _glossOpenSource: