Recently, the team at MinIO moved the open source project into maintenance mode and will no longer accept any changes. That means that no new features or enhancements will be added to MinIO, and existing issues — according to the update — will not be actively considered. Whilst MinIO brought a solid developer-friendly approach to  […]

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MicroCeph offers a simpler alternative to MinIO for object storage after MinIO entered maintenance mode. It provides full Ceph functionality including S3-compatible object storage, block storage (RBD), and file storage (CephFS, NFS) through an easy-to-deploy snap package. The tutorial demonstrates setting up a single-node cluster, enabling the RGW (Rados Gateway) for S3 API access, creating users, and testing the endpoint. MicroCeph scales from single-node development environments to multi-petabyte production deployments and includes up to 15 years of LTS support.

MicroCeph: why it’s the superior MinIO alternative (and how to use it)

Setting up your MinIO alternative: how to get started with MicroCeph