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S3 is object storage not block storage. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/object-storage-vs-block-storage-services https://www.digitalocean.com/

S3 is object storage not block storage. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/object-storage-vs-block-storage-services https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/object-stor... Object storage isn’t random access (the ability to read and write any part of a file) the way a disk drive is. This causes complications for software that expects to be able to randomly access a file like they would on a disk.

drdaeman 5y ago
WebDAV is also an object storage protocol but it can do random access. Well, almost. Partial reads are supported everywhere out of box just by using the Content-Range HTTP header. Partial writes aren't standard, but some implementations e.g. SabreDAV can do those using PATCH with X-Update-Range header (and e.g. rclone supports this). WebDAV has its warts and limitations but it's a very underappreciated protocol.