Tag: site replication

Abstract illustration of multi-site object storage replication between data centers

MinIO Site Replication: Sync Mode Will Not Save Your RPO

MinIO site replication has no cross-site quorum, and its replication queue exists only inside the source cluster: lose that site and the un-replicated backlog is gone and un-enumerable. Sync mode costs latency without fixing that. The precise model, the RTO/RPO table, and the DR patterns that match real SLAs.

By Julien Laurenceau, 5 hours ago

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Stop using MinIO as a NoSQL database — why S3 object stores collapse on small-file workloads

Two MinIO platforms, same root cause: used as a NoSQL store. Field notes on LIST IOPS, XFS directory limits, scanner & heal SLAs, the erasure-coding storage-efficiency inversion on small objects, and why Apache Cassandra (or Ceph) is the right answer on-prem in 2026.

By Julien Laurenceau, 3 months2026-05-17 ago