MinIO

MinIO is a high-performance object storage system tailored for cloud-native workloads like artificial intelligence and machine learning. It's an open-source project, highly scalable, Kubernetes-native and compatible with Amazon S3.

MinIO is designed to be easy to use, with a focus on getting customers from download to production as fast as possible. Its performance is notable, with published GETs/PUTs reaching 325 GiB/sec and 165 GiB/sec on 32 nodes of NVMe drives and a 100GbE network.

Among its features are:

• Replication: Active-active, multi-site replication for object storage at the bucket level, with synchronous and near-synchronous options.
• Encryption: Industry-standard encryption algorithms (AES-256-GCM, ChaCha20-Poly1305, and AES-CBC) for data at rest and in transit.
• Object Immutability: Support for object locking, retention, legal holds, governance and compliance.
• Identity and Access Management: Built with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) compatibility for access control.
• Information Lifecycle: Support for data protection within and across clouds, including versioning and a Key Management Server.
• Console and Catalog: A single pane of glass for managing instances and a metadata search feature.
• Firewall and Cache: Built-in firewall rules and a caching service for better performance.

MinIO supports multi-cloud object storage, so customers can build data infrastructure that works with S3 on any cloud. That means a single interface to data and applications across public, private and edge clouds. It also works with several Kubernetes distributions and can run on any cloud or on-premises infrastructure.

MinIO is designed to be highly scalable, making it a good fit for large-scale AI/ML workloads, data lakes and databases. Its open-source and commercial licenses are designed to accommodate different deployment requirements, so it can be easily integrated into a wide range of environments.

MinIO has proven popular, with more than 1.5 billion Docker pulls, more than 45,000 GitHub stars and use in many industries. Its strong encryption and feature set make it a good option for companies that need high-performance object storage for their AI and data infrastructure.

Published on July 1, 2024