Object storage vs block storage: which one do you actually need?

Backups, media, logs, application disks — each belongs somewhere different. A two-minute guide to choosing correctly.

The two storage types solve different problems, and picking wrong costs you either performance or money.

Block storage: it's a disk

Block storage (like the NVMe volume attached to your VPS) is where running systems live: operating systems, databases, application code. It's low-latency and behaves like the hardware it emulates.

Object storage: it's a big bucket

Object storage (S3-compatible, like VeloxaHost Object Storage) is where files at rest live: backups, media libraries, log archives, static assets. It's accessed over HTTP with any S3 tool — AWS CLI, s3cmd, rclone — and scales without you thinking about volumes.

Rules of thumb

• If your app reads and writes it every request — block storage.
• If you write once and rarely read — object storage.
• If you'd cry losing it — both.

VeloxaHost Object Storage works with any S3 client and is included with your account — create a bucket, generate a key, and point rclone at it.