FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

Built by Systems Engineers for Uncompressed Media

Legacy object storage was designed for documents and backups. As video pipelines scaled to 4K/8K 60fps streaming, standard HTTP/S3 buffer layers created unacceptable tail latencies.

Vessel replaces the standard userspace HTTP parsing stack with a direct-path Linux kernel bypass module written in C and Rust. Packets stream from network interface cards directly to PCIe Gen5 NVMe arrays without context switches.

Core Engineering Values:

1. Deterministic P99 latency over theoretical peak throughput.
2. Complete transparency: zero hidden egress or API request billing.
3. Open protocols: 100% S3 compatibility with drop-in SDK integration.