Garage

Garage is an S3-compatible distributed object storage service designed for small-to-medium self-hosted deployments, including clusters spread across multiple physical locations. It focuses on resilience to network and machine failures while remaining lightweight and operator-friendly.

Key Features

• S3-compatible object storage API for buckets and objects
• Geo-distributed design to replicate data across multiple sites and remain available during outages
• Lightweight, self-contained single binary designed to be easy to deploy and operate
• Built to tolerate network latency, intermittent connectivity, and disk or node failures
• Designed to run on modest and heterogeneous hardware (including x86_64 and ARM)

Use Cases

• Self-hosted S3 storage backend for backups, applications, and CI artifacts
• Multi-site object storage for small organizations or community infrastructure
• Edge or non-datacenter deployments where reliability over the public Internet matters

Limitations and Considerations

• Intended for small-to-medium scale deployments; it is not primarily aimed at hyperscale or tightly coupled datacenter environments
• Reliable operation depends on meeting basic network and storage requirements across nodes

Garage is a practical choice when you want an S3-compatible object store that can be deployed across multiple locations with minimal operational overhead. It is built around real-world constraints and aims to stay robust even when parts of the cluster become unreachable.