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Performance Benchmark: Tigris Object Storage Outperforms AWS S3 and Cloudflare R2 for Small Objects

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Tigris object storage demonstrates superior performance for small objects compared to AWS S3 and Cloudflare R2 in benchmark testing. The article presents performance data showing Tigris delivers higher throughput and lower latency for small object storage and retrieval, achieved through technical optimizations like inlining small objects within metadata records and coalescing adjacent keys to reduce storage overhead.

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Tigris consistently delivers higher throughput and lower latency

Tigris accelerates small-object workloads by inlining very small objects inside metadata records

coalescing adjacent keys to reduce storage overhead

These gains let you use a single store for everything from tiny payloads to multi-gigabyte blobs without sacrificing efficiency

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We have spent a lot of time optimizing Tigris for small objects. This post shares the results of our benchmarks of comparing the performance of Tigris, AWS S3, and Cloudflare R2 when storing and retrieving small objects.

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