MinIO AIStor
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MinIO AIStor is ranked #2 of 23 in software-defined storage software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.
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Facts
- Purpose
- AIStor combines persistent memory, tables, objects, and files in an enterprise AI data store.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- AIStor Memory
- AIStor Memory stores agents’ context, workspaces, secrets, artifacts, and telemetry in AIStor.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Tables
- AIStor Tables provides native Apache Iceberg storage for analytics, feature stores, lakehouse architectures, and structured AI datasets.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Object storage
- AIStor provides S3-compatible object storage for models, checkpoints, training datasets, embeddings, documents, media, and logs.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations and protocols
- The product page lists S3, S3 Express, MCP, SFTP and Files, Iceberg Catalog, and OpenSharing for access and integration.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Performance and scale
- MinIO reports maximum throughput of 23.5 TiB/s in WARP benchmarking and describes AIStor as scaling from edge deployments to exabyte-scale clusters.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Management and security features
- Listed capabilities include an admin console, QoS, lifecycle management, encryption, key management, a data firewall, and immutability.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Replication and monitoring
- AIStor lists active-active, synchronous, asynchronous, multisite, bucket, batch, and edge replication, plus audit trails, Prometheus metrics, and error logs.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Compliance
- MinIO says AIStor includes WORM storage for SEC 17a-4(f), FINRA, and CFTC requirements, as well as controls supporting HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Certifications
- The pricing page lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001 as certified, SEC 17a-4(f) and FINRA 4511(c)-(d) as compliant, and FIPS 140-3 and a pentest report.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Enterprise includes SUBNET direct-to-engineer support 24/7/365 with a less-than-four-hour SLA and Panic Button; Enterprise Lite offers optional direct-to-engineer support with a less-than-five-day SLA.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Capacity limit
- Enterprise Lite is for capacity requirements below 400 TiB, and deployments exceeding 400 TiB are upgraded to Enterprise.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Deployment platforms
- MinIO provides AIStor Server installation instructions for Linux, Windows, macOS, Kubernetes Helm, OpenShift, and Podman.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Free tier limitation
- AIStor Free is intended for single-node use cases that can be self-supported and do not require data resiliency beyond a single node.min.io · 30 Sept 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2014min.io · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, California, United Statesmin.io · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- min.io/product/aistor· checked 30 Sept 2026
- min.io/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026
- min.io/product/aistor/compliance· checked 30 Sept 2026
- min.io/download/aistor-server· checked 30 Sept 2026





