ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files: Choosing the Right Object Storage Filesystem
I compare ZeroFS and Amazon S3 Files, two systems exposing POSIX filesystems over object storage. While S3 Files keeps a one-to-one mapping between files and S3 objects for direct API access, ZeroFS trades this visibility for compression, encryption, and flexible cloud support. The choice depends on whether you need standard S3 interoperability or optimized performance with a custom internal layout.
The choice turns on the role of the bucket: if files must remain ordinary S3 objects, S3 Files preserves that identity; if the bucket can be an internal persistence layer, ZeroFS trades direct S3 access for packing, compression, and client-side encryption.
- pierrebarre
Author here. Thanks for posting this!
It’s been quite a ride building ZeroFS, and I’m happy to answer any questions.
- hhthrowaway1230
I really want this, but it feels a little scary to trust all my files. I wouls like it if there was some contineous suite trying to corrupt the files and then see the failure cases!
- Lucasoato
The article diagrams can’t be seen well if the device has the dark mode as default, just a suggestion for the author.
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