What role does MinIO play in a data lakehouse architecture?

MinIO is a high-performance; S3-compatible object storage server that can be deployed on-premises or in private clouds; serving as the storage layer in lakehouse architectures where AWS S3 is not available. The incorrect options ("It provides SQL query execution for analytical workloads", "It manages user access control and IAM policies", "It converts Parquet files to Delta Lake format automatically") are distractors that don't fully capture the concept described.