As we have seen, three major paradigms in storage define the kind of storage we are dealing with. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages. Let's look at each one of them to understand what you need.
Object storage manages files as objects and allows your applications to manage files, not caring about where they stay and how big they are. I think the best explanation of object storage was given to me by a senior system administrator a few years ago:
Object storage is like valet parking. You arrive with your car, give it to the valet, and in exchange, you receive a ticket. When you need your car again, you hand back the ticket and the valet provides you with your car in exchange. As it often happens with metaphors, it doesn't fit perfectly because, for instance, in object storage you can get the same object multiple times, while with cars you can only get it once, but I think this comparison is a very good one. In fact, the similarities are several...