The Challenge in Big Data is Small Files
Large numbers of small files present big challenges for application performance.
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SQL Server 2022 Machine Learning Services Unlock the Value of Your Data
Learn how to run Python stored procedures on SQL Server 2022.
Read moreWe Read Google’s New Egress Policy So You Don’t Have To…It Is Surprising
Google recently announced that it would eliminate data egress fees for those leaving the platform. Given our position on the cloud operating model and the lifecycle of the cloud, this appeared to be a major announcement. It is not. You could understand our initial enthusiasm. Google stated that any "customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate
Read moreEverything You Need to Know to Repatriate from AWS S3 to MinIO
Step by step instructions to plan for a migrate data off AWS S3 and on MinIO on-premise.
Read moreBacking Up SQL Server 2022 Databases to MinIO
Learn how to back up SQL Server 2022 to MinIO on-premise.
Read moreMinIO Batch Framework Adds Support for Expiry
You can now perform S3 Delete operations using the MinIO Batch Framework to remove multitudes of objects with a single API request. The MinIO Batch Framework lets you quickly and easily perform repetitive or bulk actions like Batch Replication and Batch Key-Rotate across your MinIO deployment. The MinIO Batch Framework handles all the manual work, including managing retries and reporting
Read moreRecent Launch of Amazon S3 Express One Zone Validates That Object Storage is Primary Storage for AI
We have made the case for several years that in modern data stacks object storage is primary storage. This is even more true in the age of AI where enterprises focus almost exclusively on object storage. The modern data stack relies on disaggregated compute and storage alongside cloud-native microservices running in containers on Kubernetes. As more enterprises shift to this
Read moreData Science and AI with a SQL Server 2022 Data Lakehouse
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is one of the most commonly implemented enterprise relational databases. Many of the world's most successful companies, regardless of vertical, have significant SQL Server deployments. Thousands of companies have relied on SQL Server for decades. Microsoft has made great strides over the past decade in embracing open-source and standards-compliant technologies. The result is that
Read moreHow to Back Up with Restic and MinIO
Every system needs to be backed up because there are countless ways to lose local filesystem data and configurations. That loss can be devastating – potentially resulting in revenue loss, dissatisfied customers and even costly litigation. The statistics are pretty bleak – sixty percent of businesses that suffer a data loss event close within six months and ninety-three percent of companies that
Read moreAchieving Your Data Strategy with MinIO
In the Harvard Business Review's recent How Companies Think About Data, Leandro DalleMule and Thomas H. Davenport present "a framework for building a robust data strategy that can be applied across industries and levels of data maturity." The framework draws on their experience at AIG, a global insurance company where Mr. DalleMulle is CDO, combined with
Read moreConfluent Platform with MinIO Tiered Object Storage Throughput Benchmark
Confluent, Intel and MinIO conducted benchmarking and certification testing for MinIO Tiered Object Storage for Kafka storage. This blog post describes the observations and results of testing MinIO object storage as a backend for the tiered storage feature of Confluent Platform 7.1.0 on servers equipped with third generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The scope of these tests was
Read moreStrict Consistency is a Hard Requirement for Primary Storage
Enterprises rely on data to make decisions. Effective decision-making hinges on the accuracy, timeliness, availability, and security of data. Data consistency, an important factor that cannot be ignored when purchasing storage, involves ensuring that all relevant parties can immediately access the results of a database transaction once it has been finalized, either through commitment or rollback. This guarantees that everyone
Read moreCreating an ML Scenario in SAP Data Intelligence Cloud to Read and Model Data in MinIO
Enterprise customers use MinIO to build data lakehouses to store a wide variety of structured and unstructured data, and work with it using ML and analytics. Data flows into MinIO from across the enterprise and the S3 API allows applications, such as analytics and AI/ML to work with it. I previously blogged about building data pipelines with SAP Data
Read moreBuild Data Pipelines with SAP Data Intelligence Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud and MinIO
Tap into unlimited amounts of valuable enterprise data with SAP Cloud and MinIO.
Read moreMinIO Adds Manual Rebalancing
You don't have to rebalance data saved to MinIO, but you can if you want to.
Read moreAccelerating MongoDB Backup with MinIO Jumbo
Make MongoDB backups faster - upload in parallel with MinIO Jumbo.
Read moreHow to Repatriate From AWS S3 to MinIO
If S3 costs are burning a hole in your pocket, then it's time to start thinking about running MinIO on-premise for your private cloud.
Read moreAccelerating Database Backup and Restore with MinIO Jumbo
MinIO Jumbo improved backup performance by 15x using parallel uploads.
Read moreLow Level Performance Testing for Object Storage
Learn how to troubleshoot object storage performance with low level system component testing.
Read moreBatch Replication Adds Two Way S3-MinIO and Pull Functionality
Build data pipelines with S3 to MinIO and MinIO to MinIO batch replication.
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