title: Difference between Object Storage And File Storage
body: <p>Could someone explain what difference between Object Storage and File Storage is please?</p>
  
  <p>I read about Object Storage on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_storage_device">wiki</a>, also I read <a href="http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/object-storage-overview.pdf">http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/object-storage-overview.pdf</a>, also I read amazons docs(S3), openstack swift and etc. But could someone give me an example to understand better?</p>
  
  <p>All the difference is only that for 'object storage' objects we add more metadata?</p>
  
  <p>For example how to store image like object using some programming language (for example python)?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>