--- title: "What if S3 could be a fast, globally synced, Key Value Database? That's Tigris" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-if-s3-could-be-a-fast-globally-synced-key-value-database-that-s-tigris-a2dg4bzvo source_url: https://fly.io/phoenix-files/what-if-s3-could-be-a-fast-globally-synced-key-value-database-that-s-tigris/ type: article source: "Phoenix Files" published: 2024-02-20T19:07:17.891Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z tags: ["aws-s3"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What if S3 could be a fast, globally synced, Key Value Database? That's Tigris **[Phoenix Files](https://daily.dev/sources/phoenix-files)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tigris is an S3 Compatible file storage built on Fly.io that enables global synchronization and caching of files smaller than 128kb. It can be used as a key-value store and offers various potential use cases, such as durable processes, tables and indexes, single tenancy, and append-only tables. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws-s3](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-s3) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-if-s3-could-be-a-fast-globally-synced-key-value-database-that-s-tigris-a2dg4bzvo)