1. What is RustFS?
RustFS is a simple, efficient, distributed object storage system, well suited for replacing MinIO and object storage scenarios for AI training and inference. Additionally, RustFS is an efficient, open-source, free object storage solution. It is 100% S3 protocol compatible and open-source software released under the Apache 2.0 license. RustFS is written in Rust, leveraging its industry-leading memory safety and zero-cost abstractions for high-performance storage. RustFS is a commercial-friendly distributed object storage product developed and contributed to by excellent engineers worldwide. RustFS can replace many object storage products with unfriendly open-source licenses.
RustFS is about to transition from commercial applications to formal open-source release globally, helping the world reduce storage costs and improve data security.
2. Pre-Installation Reading
RustFS has three installation modes: single-node single-disk suitable mode, single-node multi-disk, and multi-node multi-disk modes. Among these, the multi-node multi-disk mode includes enterprise-grade available performance, security, and scalability. It also provides architecture diagrams needed for production workloads. Please read our startup modes and checklists before installation, as follows:
Review the three installation startup modes:
Pre-installation checks, ensure all items meet production guidance. If production standards are not needed, this guidance can be skipped.
3. Operating System and CPU Support
You can run RustFS on almost any CPU and operating system, whether Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, Docker, or even edge gateways. CPU architecture support: X86, ARM, and various other CPU architectures.
4. RustFS Features
- S3 Compatible: 100% S3 protocol compatible, excellent compatibility with big data, data lakes, backup software, image processing software, and industrial production software;
- Distributed: RustFS is a distributed object storage, therefore, RustFS can meet various needs;
- Commercial-Friendly: RustFS is 100% open-source software and released under Apache v2.0 license, therefore, RustFS is commercial-friendly;
- Fast: The performance of Rust development language is infinitely close to C language speed. Therefore, RustFS performance is very strong;
- Secure: RustFS is written in memory-safe language Rust, therefore, RustFS is 100% secure;
- Cross-Platform: RustFS works on Windows, macOS, and Linux;
- Extensible: RustFS supports custom plugins, therefore, RustFS can meet various needs;
- Customizable: Due to open-source characteristics, you can customize various plugins, therefore, RustFS can meet various needs;
- Cloud-Native: RustFS supports deployment via Docker and other methods, enabling rapid deployment in cloud-native environments.
5. RustFS Values
Help all humanity improve data security and reduce storage costs.
6. RustFS Vision
Every individual AI agent in the world can use RustFS to store data.