Blob storage is a type of storage that enables you to store large amounts of unstructured data, such as images, videos, and telemetry data. It's commonly used for long-term retention and archival purposes, as it provides a cost-effective way to store large amounts of data. Each blob can typically be accessed directly via a unique URL.
For example, if you have a web application that lets users to upload images, you can use blob storage to store these images. Each image will be stored as a separate blob, and you can retrieve and display these images in your application by using the unique URL of each blob.
Blob storage is a type of object storage.
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Observability
Observability is the ability to understand how your application is working and behaving in production through telemetry data (logs, metrics, traces, wide events, etc.). It enables you detect, diagnose and resolve issues in your app before they impact your users and become problems.
Object Storage
Object storage is a method of storing data as objects rather than files or blocks, typically using a unique identifier to access each object. This typically enables more scalable, cheaper and more storage solutions than traditional block storage.
Telemetry Data
Telemetry data is all the data collected from your application and transmitted to your observability platform. It includes metrics, logs, traces, wide-events and everything in between.