Making thumbnails load reasonably quickly is surprisingly complex for such a common problem. With Shadow Buckets, Tigris can take over much of the heavy lifting for you. Don't worry about who is reading your sandwich review blog around the world - we'll make sure your thumbnails are right there when you need them, from Chicago to Singapore.
Tigris is a globally distributed S3-compatible object storage solution available that can easily be hosted on Fly.io. In this article, we'll explore how Tigris fits into the existing slate of object storage options and why you might choose one over the other.
Probably the most exciting aspect of Tigris is its globally distributed nature. But what does that actually mean?
First, consider a common setup: you want to quickly deliver assets to users from your object storage, so typically you’d need to make use of a content delivery network (CDN) to cache your data in multiple regions, which helps reduce latency. When using Amazon S3, Cloudfront is the CDN most often used.