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diff --git a/content/documentation/design/goals.md b/content/documentation/design/goals.md deleted file mode 100644 index 28511d9..0000000 --- a/content/documentation/design/goals.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Goals and use cases" -weight = 5 -+++ - - -## Goals and non-goals - -Garage is a lightweight geo-distributed data store that implements the -[Amazon S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html) -object storage protocole. It enables applications to store large blobs such -as pictures, video, images, documents, etc., in a redundant multi-node -setting. S3 is versatile enough to also be used to publish a static -website. - -Garage is an opinionated object storage solutoin, we focus on the following **desirable properties**: - - - **Self-contained & lightweight**: works everywhere and integrates well in existing environments to target [hyperconverged infrastructures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure). - - **Highly resilient**: highly resilient to network failures, network latency, disk failures, sysadmin failures. - - **Simple**: simple to understand, simple to operate, simple to debug. - - **Internet enabled**: made for multi-sites (eg. datacenters, offices, households, etc.) interconnected through regular Internet connections. - -We also noted that the pursuit of some other goals are detrimental to our initial goals. -The following has been identified as **non-goals** (if these points matter to you, you should not use Garage): - - - **Extreme performances**: high performances constrain a lot the design and the infrastructure; we seek performances through minimalism only. - - **Feature extensiveness**: we do not plan to add additional features compared to the ones provided by the S3 API. - - **Storage optimizations**: erasure coding or any other coding technique both increase the difficulty of placing data and synchronizing; we limit ourselves to duplication. - - **POSIX/Filesystem compatibility**: we do not aim at being POSIX compatible or to emulate any kind of filesystem. Indeed, in a distributed environment, such synchronizations are translated in network messages that impose severe constraints on the deployment. - -## Use-cases - -*Are you also using Garage in your organization? [Open a PR](https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage) to add your use case here!* - -### Deuxfleurs - -[Deuxfleurs](https://deuxfleurs.fr) is an experimental non-profit hosting -organization that develops Garage. Deuxfleurs is focused on building highly -available infrastructure through redundancy in multiple geographical -locations. They use Garage themselves for the following tasks: - -- Hosting of [main website](https://deuxfleurs.fr), [this website](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr), as well as the personal website of many of the members of the organization - -- As a [Matrix media backend](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-s3-storage-provider) - -- To store personal data and shared documents through [Bagage](https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/bagage), a homegrown WebDav-to-S3 proxy - -- In the Drone continuous integration platform to store task logs - -- As a Nix binary cache - -- As a backup target using `rclone` - -The Deuxfleurs Garage cluster is a multi-site cluster currently composed of -4 nodes in 2 physical locations. In the future it will be expanded to at -least 3 physical locations to fully exploit Garage's potential for high -availability. |