Object Storage Design for AI-Generated Images: Downloads, Retention, and Backups
The article argues that object storage is the right choice for durable, private retention of AI-generated images, with downloads handled through signed URLs and retention and backups managed by the application across US and EU tenants. It notes that storage costs are driven by more than the final images, including retries, previews, repeated downloads, egress, and recovery copies. Using an example of 100,000 images a month at 4 MB each, the author shows how intermediate files kept for 90 days can exceed the cost of final outputs. The recommended approach is to model final images, temporary artifacts, and export packages separately, each with its own lifecycle rules and ownership. Tenant isolation is to be enforced through bucket and key design, with metadata tracked in Postgres rather than inferred from object listings.
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