Prefix vs Folder

Prefix vs Folder

How you ever wondered how object storage creates its folder structure mimicking a POSIX style hierarchy but something that is actually built for speed and efficiency? Today in this post you will find out what actually makes the internal structure you see visually in your MInIO buckets.

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Replication Strategies Deep Dive

Replication Strategies Deep Dive

With all these different types of replication types floating around one has to wonder which replication strategy to use where? Today we’ll demystify these different replication strategies to see which one should be used in which scenario.

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Debugging MinIO Installs

Debugging MinIO Installs

In this blog post, we’ll show you how to debug a MinIO install running in Kubernetes and also some of the common issues you might encounter when doing bare metal installation and how to rectify them.

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Renewing KES certificate

Renewing KES certificate

In this post we'll show you some of the common errors you can run into when the certs in KES expire. We'll show you what errors you can expect and how to renew and update the certs in a quick fashion.

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Add Pools and expand capacity

Add Pools and expand capacity

Server pools help you expand the capacity of your existing MinIO cluster quickly and easily. This blog post focuses on increasing the capacity of one cluster, which is different from adding another cluster and replicating the same data across multiple clusters.

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Airgapped MinIO Deployments

Airgapped MinIO Deployments

In this post we’ll talk about what is an Airgapped Network, what to consider when deploying MinIO in such an environment and how to replicate and scale it thereafter with other airgapped sites.

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Percona Streaming Backup

Percona Streaming Backup

What is streaming mode? Essentially it allows you to backup with Percona xtraBackup without touching disk. When used alongside MinIO Jumbo, it is designed to upload and retrieve large objects from the MinIO cluster.

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OpenSearchCon 2023 Talk

OpenSearchCon 2023 Talk

Apparently, the OpenSearch folks love MinIO as much as we love OpenSearch, the talk got accepted and we were invited to present it in Seattle. It was very cold in the Northwest but we were very excited nonetheless.

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