MinIO AIStor

Hyperscale Object Store for AI

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Description

MinIO AIStor provides enterprises with a hyperscale object storage solution specifically engineered for the demands of AI and machine learning workloads. It enables the consolidation of vast amounts of data onto a single, private cloud namespace. Architected with principles similar to hyperscalers, AIStor focuses on delivering exceptional performance and scalability while aiming for significant cost savings compared to public cloud alternatives and traditional appliance vendors.

Built as a software-defined storage system, AIStor offers the flexibility to run on diverse commodity hardware, including both x86 and ARM architectures. It supports exascale deployments through features like active-active multi-site replication and multi-rack configurations, ensuring high availability and data consistency across distributed environments. Security is a core component, featuring granular object-level encryption, compatibility with various Key Management Services (KMS), including its own, an S3-aware firewall, and object immutability. AIStor integrates seamlessly with the AI ecosystem and provides a comprehensive suite of enterprise-grade features necessary for managing large-scale data infrastructure.

Key Features

Hyper-Performant: Delivers high throughput (benchmarked over 2.2 TiB/s) for demanding workloads.
Software Defined: Runs on standard commodity hardware (x86, ARM) offering flexibility.
Exascale Ready: Supports active-active, strictly consistent, multi-site replication and multi-rack deployments.
Advanced Security: Features granular encryption, integrated KMS, S3-aware firewall, object immutability, and IAM.
Enterprise Grade: Includes comprehensive features like ILM, load balancing, caching, observability, and lifecycle management.
S3 Compatibility: Offers high compatibility with the Amazon S3 API.
Object Native: Designed specifically for object storage workloads like GenAI, ML, databases, and data processing.
Replication: Provides multiple replication options (Active-Active, Sync, Async, Multi-site, Bucket, Batch & Edge).

Use Cases

Storing large datasets for AI and Machine Learning models.
Building modern data lakes and data lakehouses.
Migrating from HDFS to cloud-native storage.
Implementing hybrid and private cloud storage solutions.
Providing S3-compatible storage for applications and analytics platforms (e.g., Snowflake, SQL Server, Splunk).
Secure, on-premise storage for sensitive data.
High-performance storage for analytics workloads.
Scalable storage for VMware environments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is MinIO offering a hosted service or software?

MinIO sells a commercial license to its software-defined storage product which comes with premium support. MinIO does not operate a hosted object storage service.

What hardware do you recommend for MinIO?

MinIO is hardware agnostic but has recommended configurations for production workloads from partners like Supermicro, Dell, HPE, etc. They can consult on the correct configuration for specific use cases.

What are the licensing options available for the MinIO object storage suite?

MinIO offers a Commercial License and a GNU AGPL v3 Open Source license.

Does the total raw capacity of my MinIO cluster matter for determining how much I pay?

No, MinIO charges based on utilized capacity (the actual amount of data stored), excluding redundant data like erasure-code parity.

How does MinIO treat replicated data as part of my MinIO usage?

MinIO considers replicated data to be part of the usable capacity. For example, replicating 200 TiB to another site results in 400 TiB of usable capacity for billing.