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		Keyframe on Aug 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS S3 open source alternative written in Go Would one expect any issues with large files? Can one file span machines? For example, you have a 1TB single file, but one machine has 500GB free and the other 200GB and third 400GB or whatever (stupid example). I really think this could be useful to build something like Avid Interplay on top of.

y4m4b4 on Aug 30, 2016 [–]

Yes definitely you can read our docs here https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-erasure-code-quickstart-gui... for more understanding and even hardware recommendations.

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