Object Storage Is All You Need - From Cloud Persistence to Modern Applications

Learn about the evolution and growing importance of object storage in cloud computing through this 32-minute conference talk by Docker's Justin Cormack. Explore how object storage has transformed from Amazon S3's initial concept as "malloc for the web" to becoming a complete persistence layer for modern applications. Discover the journey from its early use as a non-POSIX filesystem and website backing store to its current adoption in analytics databases like Snowflake, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Apache Iceberg. Examine the expanding applications of object storage in observability and streaming data, while understanding its benefits, limitations, performance characteristics, and best implementation practices.