LVM, LVM-thin, or ZFS
Since LINSTOR supports LVM, LVM-thin, and ZFS, we often get questions about which of the above lower-level storage virtualization technologies we recommend. The answer is, as usual, it depends on your requirements. If you only look for performance, no matter which features are available, the answer is LVM (traditional). If you want to have snapshots […]
Discover Our Approach to Events & Conferences
I led a few discussions last year based on how valuable events and conferences were to us. While I have always appreciated the opportunity to connect with our clients and present our software at events, you have to balance that with the outcomes. I am a big fan of “in person”. While deals don’t normally […]
DRBD Client (Diskless Mode) Performance
Introduction This blog post will examine the performance of DRBD® in diskless mode. DRBD version 9.0 introduced a feature that is now used in nearly all LINSTOR® integrated clusters: DRBD diskless attachment, otherwise known as DRBD clients. With this feature, you can have a DRBD node which has no local replica itself. Essentially, the client node […]
Bringing a LINSTOR Driver to Incus
In my last newsletter, I mentioned the growing burden of maintaining all the integrations for LINSTOR with various workload orchestrators. When the open-source community creates an integration driver, that not only takes that burden off my team but also implies that the community perceives LINSTOR as an accepted open-source storage solution. Incus is a workload […]
