Minio
Infrastructure
object storage gateway
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 3 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for migrating existing apps that depend on S3 to Azure.
From 2 comments
I'm guessing migration of existing apps/code could be quicker/cheaper. But as you say it shouldn't be that hard to port.
LoungeFlyZ on HNI probably use 20-30 apps that support using S3 that I can think of right now. Not all of them are maintained by me or even open source. Other than a proxy, it's impossible for…
rsanders on HN
Runs in a very small memory footprint on constrained hardware like a Raspberry Pi.
From 1 comment
It's Java though. Minio runs on my rpi0 in an ~80Mb docker container.
atomi on HN
Objections
Running a storage proxy goes against the idea of using a managed PaaS.
From 1 comment
The idea behind using S3 or other PAAS is to not run and maintain your own servers. While minio is great if you want to run your own S3, depending on it to use a different PAAS…
mankash666 on HN
Native Azure support would be simpler than a compatibility layer.
From 1 comment
Serious question: why? I mean, maybe as a really, really lazy hack if you've got free azure credits and don't ever plan on actually supporting Azure in your codebase. But that…
tw04 on HN
Azure shared access signatures already offer pre-signed-URL-like functionality.
From 1 comment
Azure shared access signatures provide the same functionality as S3 pre-signed URLs with a few extra features:…
gaul on HN
Questions
Why not write native Azure support instead of a proxy?
From 1 comment
Serious question: why? I mean, maybe as a really, really lazy hack if you've got free azure credits and don't ever plan on actually supporting Azure in your codebase. But that…
tw04 on HN
Alternatives named
S3Proxy, which gateways to Azure, Backblaze, Google Cloud and Swift.
From 1 comment
S3Proxy gateways to Azure as well as Backblaze, Google Cloud, and Swift: https://github.com/gaul/s3proxy
gaul on HN