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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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Affordable and Fast: S3 is Now the Best Place to Process your FFmpeg Data

Affordable and Fast: S3 is Now the Best Place to Process your FFmpeg Data

Most companies that use FFmpeg and store their data in object storage (such as S3, Azure, Google Cloud, or on-premises solutions like MinIO) stage their data to a filesystem, then run FFmpeg on it there, and finally upload the result back into object storage. This is because FFmpeg requires POSIX file access, and existing POSIX …

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Making the Right Choice: Comparing the Cost/Performance of Different EFS Options and Alternatives

When choosing the EFS (Elastic File System) configuration options for your enterprise cloud storage, the choices can be overwhelming. Practical information can be hard to find, so we’ve assembled all of the relevant facts in one place, along with additional information that will help you pick the right mix of price and performance for your …

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Optimizing PyTorch Machine Learning Cost and Performance Using cunoFS

Optimizing PyTorch Machine Learning Cost and Performance Using cunoFS

Performance and cost are important considerations when designing and implementing machine learning (ML) systems at scale. The speed and efficiency with which you can train your ML models and extract the maximum value from your data will determine the overall success of your project. Data loading is one of the biggest performance factors in the …

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