Is storj only for files or can I run a VPS or something similar on Storj?

stj · February 12, 2023, 7:46pm

Hi,

I’m stj, a very nice and polite guy.

peter_linder · February 12, 2023, 8:00pm

I suppose you could use something like s3blkdev in order to get a block device from S3. Booting a VPS from that should be… possible?

stj · February 12, 2023, 8:32pm

That is interesting.

deathlessdd · February 12, 2023, 9:25pm

I wouldnt try to run an OS from a cloud provider it would be terrible performance, Its gonna be worse then rust spinning devices and latency will be really bad.

Pac · February 12, 2023, 10:20pm

Storj is only for storing files in an S3 compatible way. You would have to get a server from another service to run softwares (which then could access needed files from Storj, if you were to store some of the data on Storj).

Alexey · February 13, 2023, 2:54am

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stj · February 13, 2023, 7:16am

Am I allowed to use s3blkdev or a similar solution on Storj?

Knowledge · February 13, 2023, 4:45pm

You can certainly try it. There are no rules about what apps you can use with Storj. Feel free to test it and let us know how it worked for you.

stj · February 13, 2023, 5:19pm

Sounds interesting. I am testing Storj now and so far I kind of like it. I haven’t installed any apps here before, I thought it was mostly for file storage. So how do I install apps?

Knowledge · February 13, 2023, 5:32pm

It is S3 compatible distributed object (files) storage. There is no host OS or apps that can be run “on” it. But you can use apps with it that connect to storage, such as s3blkdev. But you would run that on your own OS. Not on Storj.