Ethan Carter

Storage architect. 8+ years designing enterprise object-storage systems. Writing about S3-compatible storage, self-hosting, and RustFS.

Joined on Jun 18, 2026

Ethan Carter

Nov 6

MinIO Is Archived. Where Are Its Users Going in 2026?

#opensource #objectstorage #minio #rustfs

5 min read

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Ethan Carter

Nov 4

AI Data Storage: Building the Pipeline Behind the Model

#ai #machinelearning #s3 #objectstorage

8 min read

Ethan Carter

Nov 1

Spin Up a Self-Hosted S3 Bucket in 5 Minutes with RustFS

#showdev #selfhosted #s3 #opensource

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 30

Feeding GPUs from Object Storage: A Self-Hosted S3 Pipeline for Kubernetes MLOps

#s3 #kubernetes #mlops #rustfs

12 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 27

Object Lock Isn't Absolute: What WORM Really Blocks on S3 and Self-Hosted RustFS

#s3 #objectlock #immutability #rustfs

11 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 19

Apache Iceberg & Lakehouse: RustFS S3 Tables in Practice

#apacheiceberg #lakehouse #s3 #objectstorage

12 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 16

Data Ownership and Privacy: Why Self-Hosted Object Storage Wins

#s3 #privacy #selfhosted #storage

9 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 14

Benchmarking S3 Throughput: How to Measure Without Lying

#s3 #performance #benchmarking #storage

11 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 12

RustFS S3 Tables: A Built-In Iceberg REST Catalog in an Apache-2.0 Object Store

#iceberg #storage #rust #dataengineering

12 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 2

S3 vs NFS for Kubernetes: Where Each One Actually Wins

#s3 #kubernetes #nfs #objectstorage

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Oct 1

S3 Storage Tiering: Pushing Cold Data Down the Ladder

#s3 #aws #objectstorage #finops

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 27

A 5-Minute RustFS Stack with Docker Compose

#rustfs #docker #s3 #selfhosting

8 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 26

S3 Presigned URLs: Security Pitfalls You'll Regret

#s3 #security #presignedurls #objectstorage

8 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 22

Garage vs RustFS: Running S3 on a Single Node

#garage #rustfs #s3 #objectstorage

8 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 19

SeaweedFS vs RustFS: When a Tiny Footprint Wins

#seaweedfs #rustfs #s3 #objectstorage

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 17

RustFS 1.0 Is GA After 2.5 Years: What's Actually Production-Ready, and What Isn't

#rust #s3 #objectstorage #opensource

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 9

Ceph vs RustFS: When to Use What (2026)

#ceph #rustfs #s3 #distributedstorage

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Sep 7

Wasabi vs RustFS: S3-Compatible Cost Showdown

#wasabi #rustfs #s3 #objectstorage

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 27

Self-Hosting S3-Compatible Storage on Bare Metal

#selfhosting #s3 #objectstorage #devops

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 25

Build a Data Lake on S3-Compatible Storage

#datalake #s3 #objectstorage #dataengineering

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 23

Object Storage vs File Storage: When to Use Which (2026)

#objectstorage #filestorage #s3 #nfs

10 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 21

Using S3 as Your Disaster Recovery Target: A Practical Guide

#s3 #disasterrecovery #backup #rustfs

10 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 19

S3 Lifecycle Policies: How to Cut Your Storage Bill 40% (With the Actual Arithmetic)

#aws #s3 #devops #storage

11 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 17

Cross-Region S3 Replication Without the Gotchas (2026)

#s3 #replication #crossregion #disasterrecovery

9 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 16

Backblaze B2 vs Self-Hosted S3: Which Saves More Money?

#s3 #backblaze #cost #selfhosted

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 14

Multi-Cloud S3-Compatible Strategy: Avoiding Vendor Lock-In (2026)

#s3 #multicloud #vendorlockin #rustfs

4 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 12

S3 Metadata: Indexing Billions of Objects Without Falling Over

#s3 #metadata #objectstorage #scalability

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 9

Distributed Storage 101: How It Works and When You Actually Need It

#storage #distributed #ceph #rustfs

5 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 9

What Is Amazon S3, Really? (2026)

#aws #s3 #storage #explained

3 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 7

FINRA-Compliant Storage with S3 Object Lock: A Practical Guide for 2026

#finra #compliance #s3 #rustfs

5 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 5

S3-Compatible Storage Explained: The De Facto Standard for Object Storage in 2026

#s3 #aws #storage #rustfs

6 min read

Ethan Carter

Aug 4

Best MinIO Alternatives in 2026: 6 Options That Actually Work

#minio #objectstorage #rustfs #selfhosted

7 min read

Ethan Carter

Jul 27

MinIO vs RustFS: Migrating 12TB — What We Measured, What Changed, and What Didn't

#minio #rustfs #migration #objectstorage

9 min read

Ethan Carter

Jul 26

Amazon S3 Alternatives in 2026: A Self-Hosted, S3-Compatible Shortlist

#s3 #objectstorage #rustfs #minio

5 min read

Ethan Carter

Jul 23

What Is Object Storage? A Plain-English Guide

#s3 #objectstorage #devops #cloudstorage

6 min read

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AI Data Storage: Building the Pipeline Behind the Model

Spin Up a Self-Hosted S3 Bucket in 5 Minutes with RustFS

Feeding GPUs from Object Storage: A Self-Hosted S3 Pipeline for Kubernetes MLOps

Object Lock Isn't Absolute: What WORM Really Blocks on S3 and Self-Hosted RustFS

Apache Iceberg & Lakehouse: RustFS S3 Tables in Practice

Data Ownership and Privacy: Why Self-Hosted Object Storage Wins

Benchmarking S3 Throughput: How to Measure Without Lying

RustFS S3 Tables: A Built-In Iceberg REST Catalog in an Apache-2.0 Object Store

S3 vs NFS for Kubernetes: Where Each One Actually Wins

S3 Storage Tiering: Pushing Cold Data Down the Ladder

A 5-Minute RustFS Stack with Docker Compose

S3 Presigned URLs: Security Pitfalls You'll Regret

Garage vs RustFS: Running S3 on a Single Node

SeaweedFS vs RustFS: When a Tiny Footprint Wins

RustFS 1.0 Is GA After 2.5 Years: What's Actually Production-Ready, and What Isn't

Ceph vs RustFS: When to Use What (2026)

Wasabi vs RustFS: S3-Compatible Cost Showdown

Self-Hosting S3-Compatible Storage on Bare Metal

Build a Data Lake on S3-Compatible Storage

Object Storage vs File Storage: When to Use Which (2026)

Using S3 as Your Disaster Recovery Target: A Practical Guide

S3 Lifecycle Policies: How to Cut Your Storage Bill 40% (With the Actual Arithmetic)

Cross-Region S3 Replication Without the Gotchas (2026)

Backblaze B2 vs Self-Hosted S3: Which Saves More Money?

Multi-Cloud S3-Compatible Strategy: Avoiding Vendor Lock-In (2026)

S3 Metadata: Indexing Billions of Objects Without Falling Over

Distributed Storage 101: How It Works and When You Actually Need It

What Is Amazon S3, Really? (2026)

FINRA-Compliant Storage with S3 Object Lock: A Practical Guide for 2026

S3-Compatible Storage Explained: The De Facto Standard for Object Storage in 2026

Best MinIO Alternatives in 2026: 6 Options That Actually Work

MinIO vs RustFS: Migrating 12TB — What We Measured, What Changed, and What Didn't

Amazon S3 Alternatives in 2026: A Self-Hosted, S3-Compatible Shortlist

What Is Object Storage? A Plain-English Guide