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Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services

Flexible and scalable data storage is a baseline requirement for most applications and services being developed today. With today’s complex deployments, containers, and ephemeral infrastructure, the days of simply saving files to disk on a single server are gone. Cloud providers have developed services to fill the storage needs of modern application deployments, and they mostly fit into two categories: object storage, and block storage.

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How To Set Up an Object Storage Server Using Minio on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up an Object Storage Server Using Minio on Ubuntu 18.04

Minio is a popular open source object storage server compatible with the Amazon S3 cloud storage service. The service stores unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups, and container/VM images. For all of these reasons, learning to set up a Minio object storage server can add a wide range of flexibility and utility to your project. In this tutorial, you will install and secure a Minio server on Ubuntu 18.04 and access Minio’s UI to create a storage bucket.

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