How to integrate MinIO with LINSTOR to distribute data on Kubernetes
While LINBIT LINSTOR is on the way to becoming an industry standard as software defined block storage, MinIO stands out
Using DRBD block devices for kubevirt
This demonstrates how to use DRBD block devices provisioned by the LINSTOR CSI driver. We assume that the CSI driver
Booting diskless Windows clients via WinDRBD
Those who wonder what we’ve done since posting the previous blog article on WinDRBD will be interested to hear that
IOPS World Record Broken – LINBIT Tops 14.8 million IOPS
In a performance test LINBIT measured 14.8 million IOPS on a 12 node cluster built from standard off-the-shelf Intel servers.
Optimizing DRBD for Persistent Memory
Persistent Memory (PMEM) is an exciting storage tier with much lower latency than SSDs. LINBIT has optimized DRBD for when
Subscribe To Our newsletter
behind the scenes
Monitoring Linux HA Clusters with Prometheus
You’ve likely heard of Prometheus, the open-source monitoring and alerting solution originally developed at SoundCloud. Prometheus was the second project incubated by the Cloud Native Computing
LINBIT Announces Piraeus Datastore – Software-Defined Storage for Kubernetes
Piraeus Datastore offers high performance, highly reliable SDS solution for Persistent Volumes in Kubernetes San Diego, November 18., 2019 – LINBIT, the inventor of
Use Case: Bank replaces Veritas Volume Replicator with LINBIT HA
Just in the last few months, LINBIT closed with the help of Red Hat a deal with a large, well-known retail and commercial bank with
How to make DRBD compatible to the Linux kernel
The Linux kernel’s interface towards device drivers is not set in stone. It evolves with the evolvement of Linux. Sometimes driven by hardware improvements, sometimes
Performance Gains with DRBD 10
A key factor in evaluating storage systems is their performance. LINBIT has been working to further improve the performance of DRBD. The recent DRBD 10
LINSTOR LDAP Authentication
New Features of LINSTOR Release – July 2019 The Newest LINSTOR release (July 2019) came with a bunch of new features, and one that is
LINBIT Announces DRBD Support for Amazon Linux
The Digital Transformation The concept of “Digital Transformation” for executive teams at Fortune-sized companies is no longer a new and flashy phrase. An important part
Kubernetes Operator: LINSTOR’s Little Helper
Before we describe what our LINSTOR Operator does, it is a good idea to discuss what a Kubernetes Operator actually is. If you are already
NuoDB on LINSTOR-Provisioned Kubernetes Volumes
Introduction: NuoDB and LINBIT put our technologies together to see just how well they performed, and we are both happy with the results. We decided
Coming Soon, a New DRBD Proxy Release
One major part of LINBIT Disaster Recovery is DRBD Proxy, which helps DRBD with long-distance real-time replication. DRBD Proxy mitigates bandwidth, latency, and distance issues
DRBD/LINSTOR vs Ceph – a technical comparison
INTRODUCTION The aim of this article is to give you some insight into CEPH, DRBD and LINSTOR by outlining their basic functions. The following points
Cheap Votes: DRBD Diskless Quorum
One of the most important considerations when implementing clustered systems is ensuring that a cluster remains cohesive and stable given unexpected conditions. DRBD already has
Key/Value Store in LINSTOR
Recently we introduced a Key/Value store in LINSTOR and exposed it in a developer-friendly way in the Python API (python-linstor). The first question is why
DRBD and the sync-rate controller, part 3
This is an update to our previous two blog posts here and here. The goal with this post is to even further simplify the steps
What’s the Difference Between Off-Site Data Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR)?
Many businesses make the mistake of confusing “Disaster Recovery” with “off-site data backup.” Confusing the two may lead to paying a high price in the
Container-Mania at Kubecon Barcelona!
Come and meet us at Kubecon in Barcelona – from May 20-23 we are in the Catalan capital! As Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) flagship
