Mountpoint-S3 Alternatives: POSIX-Compatible, High-Performance S3 for Linux and Serverless in AWS

Mountpoint-S3 Alternatives: POSIX-Compatible, High-Performance S3 for Linux and Serverless in AWS

Mountpoint for Amazon S3 connects AWS S3 buckets to Linux filesystems. While intended to bridge the gap between object storage and filesystems (and Kubernetes using a CSI driver), it has several downsides that cause problems for developers: it has limited POSIX compatibility, limited directory handling and file editing, and inconsistent file writing behavior. This article …

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