Horizontal Scaling Series — Part 1: MinIO and Shared Object Storage

When we horizontally scale an application, adding more instances is only part of the solution. We also need to consider where the application stores its data and how other instances access it. While exploring horizontal scaling, I came across MinIO, an S3-compatible object storage system, and wanted to understand how it helps address one of these challenges. The problem: Local storage in a…

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