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A multi-cloud, S3-compatible object storage service for low latency data access anywhere.

Tigris puts your objects all over the world, but how do we do it? Today we'll break down the strategies to Tigris' global replication and how it combines fundamental parts of distributed systems to make it happen.

Blog Posts

Xe Iaso, Katie Schilling · April 1, 2025 · 9 min read

Tigris is a globally available, S3 compatible object storage service. Tigris uses FoundationDB's transactional key-value interface for its underlying metadata storage. In the first post of the series we will share the details of how we have built the metadata layer on top of FoundationDB.

Himank Chaudhary · June 12, 2023 · 6 min read

Building secondary indexes for is always about balance. A balance between a system that scales and is easy to manage and an API that is intuitive and delightful for a developer to use. Recently at Tigris Data, we have been adding secondary indexes to our metadata store that runs on top of FoundationDB.

Garren · April 3, 2023 · One min read

Tigris is a globally available, S3 compatible object storage service that uses FoundationDB for its metadata storage. This blog post describes how do we perform backups on FoundationDB, and what options exist for that purpose.

Peter Boros · March 6, 2023 · 10 min read

Tigris is a globally available, S3 compatible object storage service. Tigris uses FoundationDB's transactional key-value interface for its underlying metadata storage. In this blog post, we will describe transactions in Tigris, delving into the topics of serializable transactions, the mechanics of transactions, and more.

Himank Chaudhary · January 16, 2023 · 3 min read

Why Tigris leverages FoundationDB for its metadata storage layer.

Himank Chaudhary, Ovais Tariq · September 21, 2022 · 9 min read