GitLab and MinIO for DevOps at Scale

GitLab and MinIO for DevOps at Scale

GitLab can use MinIO as its object storage backend to store large files such as artifacts, Docker images, and Git LFS files. Given the right underlying hardware, MinIO provides the performance and scale to support any modern workload, including GitLab.

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Weka Violates MinIO's Open Source Licenses

At MinIO, we are dedicated to the principles of open source software. From the beginning, we’ve remained committed to this philosophy and that’s why you will find that the upstream and the commercial code are exactly the same. We are obligated to protect our software - particularly from companies that package it in their proprietary products and pass

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Why Object Storage is Superior to SAN/NAS

Why Object Storage is Superior to SAN/NAS

When it comes to storing and managing data, there is the modern, cloud-native way and there is the traditional, appliance oriented way. Needless to say, object storage is the modern, cloud-native way. While it would be simple to suggest that MinIO is hopelessly biased towards object storage (it is, afterall, the only thing we do), that would miss a key

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MinIO Object Lambda

MinIO Object Lambda

MinIO's Object Lambda implementation allows for the transformation of your data to serve unique data format requirements on an application-by-application basis. For example, a dataset created by an e-commerce application might include personally identifiable information (PII). When the same data is processed for analytics, PII should be redacted. However, if the same dataset is used for a marketing campaign, you

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The Lifecycle of the Cloud

The Lifecycle of the Cloud

The double whammy of inflation (and correspondingly high interest rates for the foreseeable future), demand destruction and an uncertain outlook have companies aggressively looking for cost savings. Now. While reducing headcount is a current play for most of the tech industry, there is real money in the data stack. Every company is a data company at this juncture - it

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YouTube Summaries: MinIO Client Commands

YouTube Summaries: MinIO Client Commands

In the last edition of our Youtube Summary series, we covered Deploying MinIO with Go using the Go SDK. Today, we will be going over using MJ Johnson’s series on using MinIO Client (MC) commands to quickly and efficiently manage your MinIO environment from the command line using Linux-like tools. This roughly half-hour, ten-video course discusses everything you need

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Storage in the New Year: Our take on the Storage Newsletter 2023 Predictions Panel

Storage in the New Year: Our take on the Storage Newsletter 2023 Predictions Panel

Every year, those in the storage industry look forward to Philippe Nicolas’s Storage Newsletter’s Predictions of Storage Vendors for trends and new ideas in the storage space. With input from most of the major players in the industry, it is a great barometer of not just where storage is going, but also how those in the know are

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