Scaling Storage #
If you have a multi-node Quantum cluster, or if you’re preparing to add a node to your existing cluster, there are usually a few challenges to make applications scale horizontally. Many frameworks and systems expect folders to be available to store file uploads, generated assets or even logs. Sharing a Docker volume across containers has drawbacks in performance, and also limits the application to run on a distinct single node.
The following pages talk about how our (Amazon-S3 compatible) object storage can be integrated to increase scalability and availability of your application.
At Planetary Quantum we start a cluster at one node. These single-node clusters can be expanded to add capacity and/or availability to your applications. [Please get in touch](https://www.planetary-quantum.com/service/kontakt/) and we can support you in planning for the future.
The examples on the following pages use **example credentials** which do not work. Please customize access key (`your-key-id`), secret access key (`your-secret`) and bucket (`bucket-name.example.org`) accordingly.
Bucket names are always unique across all customers who use our object storage. That's why we **recommend** to use a DNS-style name (with a domain you own), such as: `media.example.org`. :)