This document provides an introduction and overview of OpenStack Swift, an object storage platform. It covers Swift use cases, architecture, features, and a demo. Swift is highly scalable, durable object storage suited for unstructured data like media files, documents, and backups. It uses a distributed architecture with account, container, and object services that are replicated across zones for fault tolerance. The document compares Swift to other storage types and discusses its CAP theorem-based design that sacrifices consistency for availability and partition tolerance.