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
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.
Exploring LINBIT Software Relationships for Building Resilient, Scalable, & Integrated Data Storage Solutions
LINBIT® has been a player in the world of highly available storage and data replication since 2001. At the heart
Documenting a LINSTOR Automatic Resource Placement Feature: Ensuring a Number of Resources on Nodes of a Different Type
In this article, I will explore the LINSTOR® –x-replicas-on-different feature, and my efforts to document the feature for the LINSTOR User Guide. This
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Supporting Live Migration for VMs Running With KubeVirt in Kubernetes
There are many workload orchestrators for virtual machines on Linux. The open-source options are Apache CloudStack, OpenNebula, Xen Orchestra, oVirt, OpenStack, Proxmox VE, and Ganeti.
The Time of Hardware RAID Controllers is Over
We recently received a support request from a user who believed that DRBD was causing high I/O latency. We quickly determined that DRBD was not
Introducing DRBD Proxy version 4
In January 2025, LINBIT® quietly released DRBD Proxy version 4 (or, DRBD Proxy v4, for short). For those who are not familiar with DRBD Proxy,
Upcoming Events & Conferences
I would like to use this newsletter edition to focus on a few upcoming events and conferences. Events have always been important to LINBIT, as
A New Iteration of DRBD-Proxy
The headline in this newsletter edition is that we have finished a new iteration of our DRBD-Proxy product. DRBD-Proxy is an optional component that enables
LINBIT Hosts the CloudStack European User Group 2025 Conference
On May 8th, 2025, LINBIT® will sponsor and host the CloudStack European User Group (CSEUG) 2025 community conference in LINBIT’s home city of Vienna, Austria. ShapeBlue and proIO are
Shared-Nothing High-Availability Architecture with DRBD
You have likely been reading about high availability (HA) everywhere and all the time, which is perhaps fitting for its name. This post will briefly talk about
Creating OpenShift Persistent Storage with HA & DR Capability by Using LINSTOR
Perhaps storage is not the first thought you have when thinking about adopting a container orchestration solution, such as OpenShift Container Platform. However, if the
LINSTOR GUI Improvements
As we lay out our plans for work on the new features on the DRBD and LINSTOR sides, there are some interesting improvements to share
Abstracting Block Storage For Hybrid Clouds & Disaster Recovery Planning Using LINSTOR in AWS
Hybrid cloud strategies are critical for businesses seeking flexibility, cost efficiency, and robust disaster recovery (DR) solutions. By leveraging both on-premise data centers and cloud
Load Balanced Replication with DRBD
Along with the ability to encrypt replication traffic, DRBD® version 9.2.6 gives you the ability to load balance replication traffic across multiple TCP sockets1. You can
2024 Reflections
As this is the final newsletter of 2024, I took the opportunity to review all the announcements we made this year. On the DRBD side,
Building the Community at LINBIT
I’m going to share a bit about selecting a community communications platform, our updated company core values, and how goals have evolved over the years
GitLab High Availability With DRBD & Pacemaker
Introduction GitLab is a robust DevOps platform used by many organizations and developers. You can easily install GitLab as a self-managed web application. This blog
Managing AWS EBS Volumes Using LINSTOR
Cloud storage is a critical component of running persistent workloads in the cloud, especially in hybrid cloud environments. LINSTOR®, the open source storage orchestration tool
Open Source Innovations & Solutions at LINBIT
Perhaps there is a feeling that you might be making the world a better place by choosing to use open source software rather than other
