I agree that replacing MinIO in the quickstarts is a good idea. I recently wrote up [1] an evaluation of alternatives to MinIO, specifically considering this use case (quickstart/local demo) - perhaps that will be useful input to this discussion.
thanks, Robin. [1]: https://rmoff.net/2026/01/14/alternatives-to-minio-for-single-node-local-s3/ On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 at 21:38, André Luis Anastácio <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe it would be better for us to discuss other solutions. This CVE ( > https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-h956-rh7x-ppgj) > in RustFS makes me think the project was vibe-coded, which is a red flag > for me. In my view, this is not an acceptable vulnerability to exist in a > serious project, so I have mixed feelings about how serious this project > really is. > > I've seen some people talking about https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/, but > I don't have much information about how good it is. Overall, I believe we > need to look into more options and understand the tradeoffs of each one > before choosing. > > André Anastácio > > On Monday, December 29th, 2025 at 00:06, Jinghe Ma <[email protected]> > wrote: > > As discussed in this issue > <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/14638>, since the MinIO repo is > under maintenance mode, we want to replace MinIO with RustFS in iceberg > quick start demo > <https://iceberg.apache.org/spark-quickstart/#creating-a-table>. RustFS > <https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs> is an open-source and S3-compatible > distributed object storage system and is also a good alternative. We have > tested the whole replacement configuration locally, and it worked fine. All > the configuration changes and the test process are attached in this PR > <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14928>. We want to move the > replacement forward; if you guys have any concern about RustFS or any other > confusion, please let us know. > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > -- *Robin Moffatt* *Sr. Principal Advisor, Streaming Data Technologies*
