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Consider using [[rclone]] to access and work with the Object Store. | Consider using [[rclone]] to access and work with the Object Store. | ||
==What an Object Store is and isn't== | |||
==Sharing your Data== | |||
We recommend using [[Globus]] to share data Store in our Object Store. However, you can also [[Share Object Store Data#Share data with Bucket Policies|share data using bucket policies]] with groups that are also tenants on our platform. | |||
== What an Object Store is and isn't== | |||
(from https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse?tab=readme-ov-file#limitations) | (from https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse?tab=readme-ov-file#limitations) | ||
Generally, an Object Store cannot offer the same performance or semantics as a local file system. More specifically: | Generally, an Object Store cannot offer the same performance or semantics as a local file system. More specifically: | ||
*random writes or appends to files require rewriting the entire object, optimized with multi-part upload copy | *random writes or appends to files require rewriting the entire object, optimized with multi-part upload copy | ||
*metadata operations such as listing directories have poor performance due to network latency | * metadata operations such as listing directories have poor performance due to network latency | ||
*non-AWS providers may have eventual consistency so reads can temporarily yield stale data (AWS offers read-after-write consistency since Dec 2020) | *non-AWS providers may have eventual consistency so reads can temporarily yield stale data (AWS offers read-after-write consistency since Dec 2020) | ||
*no atomic renames of files or directories | *no atomic renames of files or directories | ||