EDpCloud 6.3 Fixes Offline Data Transfer Gaps
Alex breaks down EDpCloud 6.3's 1200% speed gain on Snowball Edge and why parallel threads matter for your legacy BSD systems.
Alex Kumar
7 min readCloud Storage Insights for Engineering Teams
S3 architecture, AI workload bottlenecks, migration patterns and cost optimisation — analysis from working storage practitioners.
Alex Kumar
7 min read
Container storage for AI: Gartner's 75% prediction
Gartner predicts 75% of AI deployments need containers by 2027. I explain why ephemeral storage fails stateful workloads and how to fix it.
Alex Kumar
13 min read
Selfhosted S3 cuts per-request pricing traps
We hit 150 req/sec with 14M objects. See why self-hosting on Btrfs beat unstable managed services and their hidden fees.
Alex Kumar
13 min read
PostgreSQL storage: Why S3 fails WAL flushes
Don't let millisecond delays kill throughput. Learn why WAL flushes demand microsecond latency that standard S3 tiers simply cannot provide.
Alex Kumar
15 min read
Wasabi acquires Lyve: My take on S3 lock-in risks
Wasabi's deal grants Seagate equity, not cash. With 2 independent S3 options now merged, architects must rethink vendor redundancy strategies today.
Marcus Chen
8 min read
Distributed teams need local speed for video
OpenDrives Edge delivers local LAN speed for 4K/8K editing, eliminating the latency that plagues traditional hybrid setups.
Alex Kumar
8 min read
S3 Files latency: 8s updates, 30s visibility
AWS S3 Files converges writes in under 2 seconds, but new keys face an 18-second delay. Here is the real latency data.
Alex Kumar
15 min read
S3 Files for Lambda: Direct Bucket Mounts Work
I tested S3 Files delivering 250,000 read IOPS per file system. See how this bridges object storage and native NFS for your clusters.
Marcus Chen
14 min read
Regional availability data stops bad deployments
Stop guessing on 36 regions. Use S3 to automate checks across 105 zones and prevent costly deployment errors before they hit production.
Alex Kumar
14 min read
S3 Files explained: Real NFS on your buckets
Stop duplicating data between S3 and EFS. Alex explains how S3 Files delivers 1ms latency for active data without moving your existing objects.
Alex Kumar
9 min read
S3 Files stop copy pipelines for 150GB genomes
Stop wasting hours on copy pipelines. S3 Files let tools like GATK4 read 150 GB sequences directly, eliminating version errors.
Marcus Chen
11 min read
S3 Files NFS: Mount Buckets on EKS Today
Alex breaks down S3 Files launched April 7, 2026. See how NFS v4.1 bridges object storage without complex sync pipelines.
Alex Kumar
13 min read