Features
Features
Multitier Storage
Data can be stored on either HDD, SSD, NVME or PMem. Live migration is possible between different physical storage.
Geo-clustering
Makes it possible to have multiple clusters, each in different geographical locations, for disaster recovery or migration purposes.
Data Deduplication
Data deduplication is a technology that eliminates duplicate copies of data, thereby enabling better utilization of both storage devices and network bandwidth (when replicating data).
Automatic Recovery
LINBIT SDS detects failures and automatically recovers from failed drives, network interfaces, failing switches, and other hardware failures.
Data Locality
Each storage volume can be provisioned on local disks, or remote access can be achieved by using DRBD Diskless, iSCSI, NFS, NVMe-oF, and others.
Scaled-out, Distributed, Shared-nothing cluster architecture
High performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
Data Integrity
To provide data integrity, LINBIT SDS supports three synchronization methods: variable-rate, fixed-rate, and checksum-based.
TRIM and Discard
Trim and discard are two names for the same feature: a request to a storage system, telling it that some data range is not being used anymore and can be used again as available storage space.
iSCSI, NFS
Built-in highly available (HA), scaled-out iSCSI targets, and NFS servers that are managed by LINBIT SDS.
Multi-attach
The same volume may be attached to many servers or clients.
Multithreading
The ability to use multiple CPU cores in parallel to increase the processing performance of a node.
Network Redundancy
Network redundancy can be archived by using TCP/IP as a network transport.
Thin Provisioning
Allows more storage to be visible to users than is physically available on the system. This reduces up-front hardware costs while allowing for growth. Using thin provisioning in LINBIT SDS also allows for storage snapshots and clones.
Shared Block Devices
Block devices are available on all of the client nodes, are fully consistent, and are simultaneously accessible (read only).
Snapshots and Clones
Instantaneous, copy-on-write (CoW), snapshots and clones.
Cache Mechanism
LINBIT SDS supports dm-cache and bcache for spinning drives that need SSD caching.
Integrations
REST API
Provides seamless integration, simple management, and high availability.
Backup Shipping
Allows for long distance replication and backups to S3 and other targets, for disaster recovery and migration purposes.
Operations
Volume Management
Easily create, remove, and modify volumes by using the CLI or GUI clients. Supported through REST API and drivers for integrating with other platforms.
Backups and Disaster Recovery
Supported through an asynchronous transfer of encrypted snapshots to remote locations.
Hyper-converged Infrastructure
The LINBIT VSAN appliance gives you the ability to have hyper-converged infrastructure. This solution gives you increased flexibility, simplified deployments, and lowers your costs compared to a native VMware solution.
Online Volume Changes
Reconfiguring volume settings are possible without interruption, while storage is online.
Templates
You can automate volume creation and management by using resource groups and resource definitions as templates. This makes deploying large numbers of the same types of resources trivial and ensures consistency.
Separated Data and Control Planes
Because LINBIT SDS components have separate data and control planes, you can easily upgrade and manage the entire cluster without disruption to the storage provided to your applications and services.
Key Differentiations
Open Source
LINBIT SDS is open source software that provides transparent development to earn trust and build community.
Low CPU and Memory Consumption
LINBIT SDS performs better while using lower CPU and memory resources compared to other offerings in the market.
Unmatched In-kernel Data Replication
DRBD can provide up to 32 replicated persistent volumes.
Three types of replication
DRBD allows for synchronous, asynchronous, and semi-synchronous replication.
Highspeed Replication
LINBIT SDS continues to set world IOPS records with its fast-performing solution.
Multi Platform
Openshift, Opennebula, Openstack, Kubernetes, Docker, Hyper-V, VMware, Proxmox, and others.
LINBIT SDS Networking Protocol
DRBD Diskless mode, developed for maximum throughput and lowest possible latency.
