## Why distributed MinIO?

MinIO in distributed mode can help you setup a highly-available storage system with a single object storage deployment. With distributed MinIO, you can optimally use storage devices, irrespective of their location in a network.

### Data protection

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access policies for applications/users to interact with MinIO object storage.

Calling AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity does not require the use of MinIO root or IAM credentials. Therefore, you can distribute an application (for example, on mobile devices) that requests temporary security credentials without including MinIO long lasting credentials in the application. Instead, the identity of the caller is validated by using a JWT id_token from the web identity provider. The temporary security credentials...

    server.enqueue(MockResponse().setSocketPolicy(SocketPolicy.DISCONNECT_DURING_REQUEST_BODY))
    // Limit the size of the request body that the server holds in memory to an arbitrary
    // 3.5 MBytes so this test can pass on devices with little memory.
    server.bodyLimit = 7 * 512 * 1024
    val connection = server.url("/").toUrl().openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    connection.setRequestMethod("POST")
    connection.setDoOutput(true)

        .socketPolicy(DisconnectDuringRequestBody)
        .build(),
    )
    // Limit the size of the request body that the server holds in memory to an arbitrary
    // 3.5 MBytes so this test can pass on devices with little memory.
    server.bodyLimit = 7 * 512 * 1024
    val connection = server.url("/").toUrl().openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    connection.requestMethod = "POST"
    connection.doOutput = true

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