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If I wanted to use S3 as a filesystem in the manner people are describing I would probably start looking at storing filesystem metadata in a sidecar database so
by Spivak 3y ago
If I wanted to use S3 as a filesystem in the manner people are describing I would probably start looking at storing filesystem metadata in a sidecar database so you can get directory listings, permissions bits, xattrs and only have to round-trip to S3 when you need the content.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoIsn't this essentially what systems like Minio and SeaweedFS do with their S3 integrations/mirroring/caching? What you describe sounds a lot like SeaweedFS Filer when backed by S3