SeaweedFS Has a Free API: Distributed Object Storage for Billions of Files

SeaweedFS is a fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake. It implements an object store with O(1) disk seek and transparent cloud integration, handling billions of files efficiently. What Is SeaweedFS? SeaweedFS started as a distributed file system inspired by Facebook Haystack paper. It has evolved into a full-featured distributed storage system with S3 API compatibility, FUSE mount, Hadoop integration, and WebDAV support. Key Features: O(1) disk seek for file access S3 API compatible FUSE mount support Automatic data replication Erasure coding for storage efficiency Built-in tiering to cloud storage WebDAV, HDFS support Quick Start # Install SeaweedFS wget https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/download/3.71/linux_amd64.tar.gz tar xzf linux_amd64.tar.gz # Start master server ./weed master -mdir = /tmp/mdata -port = 9333 & # Start volume server ./weed volume -dir = /tmp/vdata -max = 5 -mserver = localhost:9333 -port = 8080 & # Start filer (optio