STRONG CONSISTENCY When a read request is made, Object Storage always serves the most recent copy of the data that was written to the system. DURABILITY Object Storage is a regional service. Data is stored redundantly across multiple storage servers. Object Storage actively monitors data integrity using checksums and automatically detects and repairs corrupt data. Object Storage actively monitors and ensures data redundancy. If a redundancy loss is detected, Object Storage automatically creates more data copies. For more details about Object Storage durability, see the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage FAQ. CUSTOM METADATA You can define your own extensive metadata as key-value pairs for any purpose. For example, you can create descriptive tags for objects, retrieve those tags, and sort through the data. You can assign custom metadata to objects and buckets using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI or SDK. See Software Development Kits and Command Line Interface for details. ENCRYPTION Object Storage employs 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) to encrypt object data on the server. Each object is encrypted with its own key. Data encryption keys are encrypted with a master encryption key that is frequently rotated. Encryption is enabled by default and cannot be turned off.