[spudfkc]

I use Swift at work, and while it is a great tool, it is a bitch to set up. I would be curious to learn how Minio works more technically on a distributed level: how is object replication handled? are downloads automatically routed to the closest server? can I make downloads temporarily available (think Swift tempURLs)?

[y4m4b4]

We are currently working on the distributed version and will be making a beta release soon.

Currently minio supports

- pure FS backend with single disk - pure Erasure coded backend with multiple disks on single node (like ZFS)

For more information you can read here - https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-erasure-code-quickstart-gui...

We do not do any sort of replication erasure code handles disk failures and we also implement transparent bit-rot protection as well.

To replicate one setup to many you can use 'mc mirror -w' which would watch on events and do continuous replication.

Relevant docs can be found here

https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-client-complete-guide#mirro...

[y4m4b4]

Additionally "SwiftTempURLs" equivalent is called PresignedURLs in S3 API so we indeed support that as well.

Relevant docs here https://docs.minio.io/docs/using-pre-signed-urls-to-download...