
{"id":22157,"date":"2024-09-18T15:38:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000275459-is-contabo-object-storage-compatible-with-s3-storage\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:07:54","slug":"103000275459-is-contabo-object-storage-compatible-with-s3-storage","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000275459-is-contabo-object-storage-compatible-with-s3-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Contabo Object Storage Compatible With S3 Storage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Is Contabo object storage compatible with S3 storage?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Contabo Object Storage is based on Ceph <strong>but it<\/strong><strong dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;is not fully compatible with AWS S3 API. For example, logging is not supported.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">However for most use cases you shouldn&#8217;t have any compatibility issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>What is S3 compatible object storage?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Simple Storage Service (S3) Object Storage is a scalable storage service. This kind of service was introduced by Amazon AWS in 2006. Since then S3 compatible Object Storage is the de-facto standard for Object Storage. It provides a high level of durability and high availability. Data can be accessed from anywhere via regular Internet connection. S3 Object Storage can be accessed via it&#8217;s API or by a wide variety of tools. Please refer to Tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">What features does S3 compatible Object Storage storage provide?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Buckets: data is stored in buckets. Each bucket can store so objects, e.g. files and folders.<\/li>\n<li>Scalability: there are virtually no storage limits. Individual objects can be up to 5TB in size.<\/li>\n<li>Sharing: Share objects with selected persons or publicly with everyone via Internet.<\/li>\n<li>Metadata-Support: Each object is identified by an unique key and metadata can be used for more organizational control.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">S3 compatible API: supports S3 compatible APIs so that you can rely on huge number of existing tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000275459-is-contabo-object-storage-compatible-with-s3-storage-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Contabo object storage compatible with S3 storage? The Contabo Object Storage is based on Ceph but it&nbsp;is not fully compatible with AWS S3 API. 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