Object Storage – Jean's Blog

Rclone’s VFS Cache: A Deep Dive into Optimizing for a Local MinIO S3 Backend

I realized a critical detail about my setup: the standard vfs-cache strategy is a good starting point only if the cache’s performance is superior to the S3 backend. With this theory in mind, it was time to put it to the test.

Audiobookshelf Storage: Using Rclone Volume Plugin vs. Host Mounts

Audiobookshelf is an excellent self-hosted server for audiobooks, podcasts, and ebooks. I decided to integrate this service with S3 as the primary storage layer, as I centralized all my data in Object Storage long ago.

Nextcloud S3 Workaround: Multi-User Rclone Mounts with Systemd Templates

I experienced trouble with Nextcloud’s built-in S3 connector, as it would corrupt photos during auto-upload from the Android client. Since dedicated S3FS or Goofys were also not ideal, I decided on a reliable alternative: using rclone to manage the mounts. This strategy allows me to decouple the unreliable Nextcloud S3 implementation from the underlying object storage.

Distributed MinIO on AWS Lightsail: Multi-Node Setup

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage solution. This article provides a blueprint for deploying a distributed MinIO stack using Amazon Lightsail, covering the critical steps for multi-node setup, networking, and Systemd.

Nextcloud and MinIO Integration: Why Direct S3 Fails and the Filesystem Abstraction Workaround

MinIO is a fantastic Object Storage solution, and I intended to use my distributed MinIO system as the primary external storage for Nextcloud. This distributed setup, which uses Sidekick as a load balancer for seamless node access, proved functional but revealed a critical stability flaw, particularly with mobile uploads.