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MinIO pros and cons

Vendor: MinIO
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

MinIO is praised for its ease of management and seamless administration capabilities.
Its ability to spawn and shut down tenants on demand enhances its flexibility for development and testing environments.
MinIO offers compatibility with various storage types and features robust erasure coding for data protection.
It supports AWS S3-compatible APIs, facilitating the creation of buckets and the basic functionalities of object storage.
MinIO's performance is efficient, with capabilities like replication and active directory integration being highlighted.

CONS

Monitoring capabilities need significant improvement and the expansion of size post-deployment is not currently supported.
Multi-tenancy features are inadequate, leading to a need for custom solutions to track instances.
Documentation is insufficient, especially for non-Kubernetes users and certain languages like Python.
Security concerns exist as SSL is not enabled by default.
Scalability and performance issues present significant challenges.
 

MinIO Pros review quotes

Abdelrahim-Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 6, 2024
I use the solution's basic object storage functionalities, like AWS S3 compatible APIs and creating buckets.
AM
Head of Data Science center of excellence at Ameriabank CJSC
Sep 23, 2024
MinIO is easy to install and use, especially for standalone installations.
Ashis Parajuli - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Artificial Intelligence at DLytica Inc.
Nov 16, 2023
The product does save time for our company.
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RS
Chief Technical Officer at NIASE
Sep 9, 2021
Very good at object retrieval.
Wichein W. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operation Manger at Thai Trade Net
Feb 15, 2024
I like that if you have a problem, you can buy the home server. It is stable and robust.
MG
Data Engineer at Mofid
May 5, 2023
It performs efficiently compared to other solutions.
Naveed Tejani - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at Unikrew Solutions
Mar 20, 2023
The tool’s integration is very easy. This feature has helped us reduce development time. The solution also has many out-of-the-box features like versioning support and management of roles and permissions. The product also supports clustered deployment.
Sankarguru Thirgnanasambandam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect - Technology Consulting at Ernst & Young
May 7, 2022
The initial setup was straightforward as MinIO provided good support documentation and took a couple of days to complete.
AbdelrahimAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Apr 25, 2022
This is an all-in-one, user-friendly data storage.
JQ
Solutions Architect at Signal Technology Group
Dec 22, 2021
The container installation features are good. The S3 feature provisions the storage buckets making it easy. It allows me to spin up the public buckets with open-source technology.
 

MinIO Cons review quotes

Abdelrahim-Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 6, 2024
MinIO should provide an easier subscription model for companies that don't have a huge amount of data.
AM
Head of Data Science center of excellence at Ameriabank CJSC
Sep 23, 2024
The main issue we face with MinIO is performance.
Ashis Parajuli - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Artificial Intelligence at DLytica Inc.
Nov 16, 2023
The product's initial setup phase is complex.
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RS
Chief Technical Officer at NIASE
Sep 9, 2021
The solution lacks documentation.
Wichein W. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operation Manger at Thai Trade Net
Feb 15, 2024
The solution should have high availability. Also, support should be quick.
MG
Data Engineer at Mofid
May 5, 2023
Its reverse proxy features could be better.
Naveed Tejani - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at Unikrew Solutions
Mar 20, 2023
The tool’s pricing needs to improve. We also encountered challenges while deploying the tool in Kubernetes. The documentation also was not too great. We have currently deployed the solution in a stand-alone fashion.
Sankarguru Thirgnanasambandam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect - Technology Consulting at Ernst & Young
May 7, 2022
The developer support could be better.
AbdelrahimAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Apr 25, 2022
There is a lack of good addons to integrate without having to use third-party applications.
JQ
Solutions Architect at Signal Technology Group
Dec 22, 2021
The MinIO dashboard is minimal as there are only a couple of features inside the dashboard for a basic user. I would like this to be more robust with more click-around features.