Architecture & Design Patterns

MinIO Blog Posts

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Data Storage Optimization Myths: Deduplication vs Compression
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Debunking deduplication and compression myths with actual performance impact analysis
Architecture & Design Patterns
Operations
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Network Configurations to Make the Most of MinIO
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Network configuration best practices for 100GbE NICs and distributed MinIO deployments
Architecture & Design Patterns
Operations
Cloud Infrastructure
Performance
Storage & Infrastructure
Oracle RMAN to MinIO Backup
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Oracle RMAN backup to MinIO—use OSB cloud module for fast, automated database backups to S3-compatible storage
Integrations & Partners
Cloud Infrastructure
Operations
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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How to Repatriate From AWS S3 to MinIO
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Cloud repatriation saves 77% on 10PB storage—$1.7M/yr MinIO/colo vs $7.3M/yr public cloud S3
Architecture & Design Patterns
Operations
Cloud Infrastructure
Storage & Infrastructure
Get Started with MinIO on Red Hat OpenShift for a PoC
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Deploying MinIO on Red Hat OpenShift with proof-of-concept configuration and testing
Kubernetes & Containers
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
Integrations & Partners
Cloud Infrastructure
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Putting a Filesystem on Top of an Object Store is a Bad Idea. Here is why.
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Filesystem on object store is bad idea—POSIX translation kills performance, security & data integrity vs native S3 API
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
Performance
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Fast and Efficient Search with OpenSearch and MinIO
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Search with OpenSearch & MinIO—build scalable search infrastructure with distributed object storage backend
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Integrations & Partners
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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A Guided Tour of the MinIO Erasure Code Calculator
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Interactive calculator tool for planning erasure code configurations and capacity
Architecture & Design Patterns
Operations
AIStor
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Data Migration Tools to Get You Into MinIO
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Tools and methods for migrating data into MinIO from various sources
Operations
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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Manage Iceberg Tables with Spark
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Tutorial for managing Apache Iceberg tables using Spark with MinIO object storage backend
Apache Ecosystem
Integrations & Partners
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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GitLab and MinIO for DevOps at Scale
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Using MinIO as GitLab container registry for Docker images and CI/CD pipelines
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Integrations & Partners
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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Weka Violates MinIO's Open Source Licenses
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MinIO's response to Weka's AGPLv3 open source license violations
Apache Ecosystem
Architecture & Design Patterns
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MinIO Object Lambda
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Event-driven object processing with Lambda-style functions triggered by bucket operations
Kubernetes & Containers
Apache Ecosystem
Architecture & Design Patterns
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The Architect’s Guide to Data and File Formats
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Comprehensive guide to choosing data file formats like Parquet, ORC, Avro for analytics
Architecture & Design Patterns
Data Lakes & Analytics
Apache Ecosystem
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MinIO Replication Best Practices
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MinIO replication best practices—site vs bucket replication, bandwidth planning & multi-datacenter HA configurations
Operations
Architecture & Design Patterns
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MinIO Best Practices - Security and Access Control
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Configuring MinIO security policies and IAM-compatible access controls
Operations
Security
Architecture & Design Patterns
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Faster Multi-Site Replication and Resync
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Faster resync & improved healing for multi-site active-active replication with automatic recovery
Cloud Infrastructure
Performance
Architecture & Design Patterns
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MinIO Gateway Migration
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MinIO Gateway migration guide—transition from deprecated Gateway mode to native S3 configurations
Operations
Kubernetes & Containers
Cloud Infrastructure
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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Building Streaming Data Lakes with Hudi and MinIO
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Building streaming data lakes with Apache Hudi and MinIO for incremental processing
Operations
Apache Ecosystem
Data Lakes & Analytics
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
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The Definitive Guide to Lakehouse Architecture with Iceberg and MinIO
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Comprehensive guide to lakehouse architecture combining Iceberg with AIStor storage
Architecture & Design Patterns
Data Lakes & Analytics
Kubernetes & Containers
Cloud Infrastructure
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MinIO Object Storage Running on the Google Cloud Platform
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Deploy MinIO on Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes—S3-compatible object storage on GCP infrastructure
Architecture & Design Patterns
How to Run Grafana Mimir with MinIO for Persistent Metrics Storage
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Tutorial on Grafana Mimir with MinIO for scalable long-term Prometheus metrics storage
Operations
Architecture & Design Patterns
Kubernetes & Containers
Cloud Infrastructure
Integrations & Partners
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Using MinIO as external tables to extend Snowflake
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Snowflake external tables enable in-place queries on MinIO data without migration
Architecture & Design Patterns
Storage & Infrastructure
Data Lakes & Analytics
How to Run Apache Druid and Apache Superset with MinIO
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Run Apache Druid & Superset with MinIO—fast analytics stack with deep storage, real-time queries & visualization
Operations
Kubernetes & Containers
Cloud Infrastructure
Data Lakes & Analytics
Apache Ecosystem