There’s a new object storage server that has been introduced as an open source alternative to Amazon S3 and other API-compatible services.
Minio, written in Go and available under the Apache license, allows unstructured data (up to 5TB per object) to be stored on a pool of drives of your choosing. Included in the box are protections against data loss and an event-notification system that can be used to build AWS Lambda-like functionality.
Simple and sturdy wins the race
A guiding principle of the service is to keep things simple, because “only simple things scale,” Minio says.
