Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped appliance Storage is a software-based hyperconverged storage system managed by NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS), which is responsible for providing block and object storage. The block and object storage shares the same underlying storage pool and capacity.
Block storage
GDC offers secure, reliable, durable, and low-latency network-based block storage that virtual machines (VMs) and containers can access like physical disks. Block storage performance scales automatically with size, and can be resized to meet workload performance and space requirements.
Object storage
Object storage, also known as object-based storage, is a computer data storage architecture designed to handle large amounts of unstructured data. Unlike other architectures, it designates data as distinct units, bundled with metadata and a unique identifier that can be used to locate and access each data unit. GDC object storage is suitable for use-cases like websites, streaming videos, and mobile apps.