MinIO AIStor can make the loss of an entire site, while significant, a relatively minor incident. Site recovery depends on the replication option you use for the site. Replication type Restoration method Site Replication Total restoration of IAM configurations, bucket configurations, and data from the healthy peer site(s) Bucket Replication Data restoration of objects and metadata from a healthy remote location for each bucket configured for replication mc mirror Data restoration of objects only from a healthy remote location with no versioning Site replication healing automatically adds IAM settings, buckets, bucket configurations, and objects from the existing site(s) to the new site with no further action required.