Deploying LINSTOR by Using a Juju Charm for Production-Ready Kubernetes Storage

This blog is a walk-through tutorial on how to deploy LINSTOR®, by using a LINBIT® authored Juju charm, into a MicroK8s environment. You can use LINSTOR as a full-featured and production-ready replacement for MicroK8s’s “hostpath” storage. Defining Terms LINSTOR is an open source software-defined storage (SDS) management solution developed by LINBIT. LINBIT also develops DRBD®, […]
Creating a Self-healing Cluster Using LINSTOR’s Auto-evict Feature

When it’s time for the satellite to leave the cluster, the controller takes action! LINBIT® introduced LINSTOR®’s auto-evict feature starting with LINSTOR version 1.10. In simple words, the feature evicts one of the satellite nodes from the cluster. But the possibilities that the feature opens up for you, including creating a self-healing cluster, are more […]