{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Database School","title":"Infinite, shareable volume storage with Hunter Leath, Archil CEO","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0180d90\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3313,"description":"Hunter Leath, CEO of Archil, explains how they’re building a “universal storage engine” that sits between your apps and S3—making an S3 bucket behave like a fast, POSIX-compatible disk for containers, servers, and even Lambda. Along the way, we dig into how their SSD-backed clusters and custom protocol avoid the usual small-file pain and where this approach shines (and where it doesn’t).\nFollow Hunter:\nTwitter/X:  https://twitter.com/jhleath\nArchil Twitter/X:  https://twitter.com/archildata\nArchil: https://archil.com/\nFollow Aaron:\nTwitter/X:  https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis \nDatabase School: https://databaseschool.com\nDatabase School YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCT3XN4RtcFhmrWl8tf_o49g  (Subscribe today)\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis\nWebsite: https://aaronfrancis.com - find articles, podcasts, courses, and more.\nChapters:\n00:00 - Intro: Archil Data and “S3 as a disk”\n01:05 - Hunter’s background and the core pitch\n02:32 - The real problem: state management (S3 vs block storage)\n05:02 - SQLite on S3: what the stack looks like\n07:13 - The missing layer: durable SSD-backed clusters\n10:14 - Who uses this: unstructured data, CI/CD, Git, agents\n12:15 - Small files + Git performance and avoiding S3 request explosion\n16:22 - Why they built a new protocol (NFS vs Luster)\n20:00 - What gets written to S3: real files in your bucket\n22:29 - S3 limits, throttling, and the “keep it on SSD” escape hatch\n25:32 - Multi-cloud + R2, and why regions/latency matter\n32:10 - Pricing model: “pay only when data is active”\n34:41 - Tradeoffs: random reads and ultra-low-latency metal\n37:19 - Storage/compute separation and AI/agent-native workflows\n43:21 - YC timeline + the marketing challenge of a “universal layer”\n47:34 - Single-tenant clusters for enterprises and why it’s hard\n50:27 - Where the company is now, hiring, and how to try it (disk.new)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QPpKhRBWtM56k1sC7Y7j7aqGy8sd-XKWw6mEKgA1jmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMmRl/ZTM5ZTAxOTMzNTgy/MmJmZTA4MWE1ZjMw/YjE4Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}