[markstos]

I once evaluated using s3fuse for managing about 36 million images. The old storage model was on a filesystem so it was supposed to make a smooth transition to the cloud.

AWS Premium Support wisely advised me against it, not just because of latency but also because the abstraction makes /far/ more API calls then a native solution would.

After a bit of testing to confirm, I switched to using native API calls. That code was easy to write and the performance was great. I've been wary of cloud FUSE adapters ever since.

[lazide]

FUSE adapters in general are not for a product/production use in my experience. They’re great for one off convenience use, or basic admin scripts.