werner2d ago

S3 Files and the changing face of S3

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2026/04/s3-files-and-the-changing-face-of-s3.html

S3 Files and the changing face of S3

Andy Warfield writes about the hard-won lessons dealing with data friction that lead to S3 Files

All Things Distributed
Show threadmgaunard2d ago
Zero mention of s3fs which already did this for decades.
Show threadluke5441

A more solid (especially when it comes to caching) solution would be appreciated.

I thought that would be their https://github.com/awslabs/mountpoint-s3 . But no mention about this one either.

S3 files does have the advantage of having a "shared" cache via EFS, but then that would probably also make the cache slower.

GitHub - awslabs/mountpoint-s3: A simple, high-throughput file client for mounting an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system.

A simple, high-throughput file client for mounting an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system. - awslabs/mountpoint-s3

GitHub
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