Browsing & downloading¶

ZenDRIVE S3 Access is read-only

Your access is for reading and downloading data from the ZenDRIVE S3 storage network. Creating buckets, uploading, and deleting objects are not part of the service — the commands below are all read operations.

How do I see what buckets are available?¶

aws --endpoint-url "https://YOUR-ENDPOINT/" s3 ls

Or with rclone:

rclone lsd zendrive:

How do I list what's inside a bucket?¶

aws --endpoint-url "https://YOUR-ENDPOINT/" s3 ls s3://bucket-name/ --recursive

rclone ls zendrive:bucket-name/

How do I download an object?¶

AWS CLIrclone

aws --endpoint-url "https://YOUR-ENDPOINT/" s3 cp s3://bucket-name/path/file.txt ./

rclone copy zendrive:bucket-name/path/ ./localdir

How do I download a whole folder?¶

aws --endpoint-url "https://YOUR-ENDPOINT/" s3 sync s3://bucket-name/prefix/ ./localdir

rclone sync zendrive:bucket-name/ ./localdir works similarly and is excellent for large trees and resumable downloads.

How do I stream or mount the data instead of downloading?¶

rclone mount exposes the storage as a read-only filesystem — ideal for streaming media without copying everything first:

rclone mount zendrive: /mnt/zendrive \
    --read-only \
    --vfs-cache-mode minimal \
    --buffer-size 32M

What's the fastest way to pull a lot of data?¶

Run downloads in parallel with a tool built for it. rclone with a higher --transfers value, or AWS CLI's s3 sync, will use your tier far better than a single serial download. See Throughput & speed.

Are very large files supported?¶

Yes — large objects download fine, and clients fetch them in ranges under the hood. If a big download stalls, retrying resumes from where it left off in most clients.

Can I upload, create buckets, or delete objects?¶

No. ZenDRIVE S3 Access is read-only — it's a fast, dedicated path for reading data from the ZenDRIVE S3 storage network. If you have a use case that needs write access, contact support@clearstreamer.com.