Storage Comparison

Feature	Local Storage	S3 Storage
Setup Complexity	Simple	Moderate
External Dependencies	None	S3 service required
Performance	Fast (local I/O)	Network latency
Scalability	Limited to disk	Unlimited
High Availability	❌ Not supported	✅ Required
Redundancy	None (unless RAID/NFS)	Built-in
Cost	Disk only	S3 storage + requests
Best For	Single-instance, dev/test	HA, production, cloud