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Add details of bucket-vs-database-stored data #1051

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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ Bring your own bucket (BYOB) allows you to store W&B artifacts and other related
* You can specify a sub-path when configuring a bucket, to ensure that W&B does not store any files in a folder at the root of the bucket. It can help you better conform to your organzation's bucket governance policy.
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## Data stored in the central database vs buckets

When using BYOB functionality, certain types of data will be stored in the W&B central database, and other types will be stored in your bucket.

### Database

- Metadata for users, teams, artifacts, experiments, and projects
- Reports
- Experiment logs
- System metrics

## Buckets

- Experiment files and metrics
- Artifact files
- Media files
- Run files

## Configuration options
There are two scopes you can configure your storage bucket to: at the *Instance level* or at a *Team level*.

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