Connecting to Storage

Alluxio connects to a wide variety of storage systems, known as Under File Systems (UFS), allowing you to unify and accelerate access to your existing data. This section provides guides for configuring Alluxio with different cloud object stores and on-premises storage systems.

Supported Storage Systems

Below is a list of officially supported UFSs. Click on any storage system to see its specific configuration guide.

Cloud Object Storage

Storage System	Description	Guide
Amazon S3	The standard guide for connecting to Amazon S3.	View Guide
Google Cloud Storage (GCS)	Guide for connecting to Google Cloud Storage.	View Guide
Azure Blob Storage	Guide for connecting to Azure Blob Storage.	View Guide
Alibaba Cloud OSS	Guide for connecting to Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service.	View Guide
Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)	Guide for connecting to Tencent Cloud's object storage.	View Guide
Baidu Object Storage (BOS)	Guide for connecting to Baidu Cloud's object storage.	View Guide
Volcengine TOS	Guide for connecting to Volcengine's object storage.	View Guide

On-Premises Storage

Storage System	Description	Guide
S3-Compatible	For connecting to object stores that use the S3 API, such as MinIO or Ceph.	View Guide
Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)	The standard guide for connecting to an HDFS cluster.	View Guide
Network Attached Storage (NAS)	For connecting to any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on your cluster, such as NFS.	View Guide