

New Version of LINBIT VSAN
I recently returned from the STAC Summit, where I presented ‘Fast Data Replication with DRBD over RDMA/RoCE/IB/verbs’ as part of the


Minimize Downtime During System Maintenance
System maintenance, whether you plan for it or do it in response to failure, is a necessary part of managing


Filling the Gap: LINBIT SDS in Amazon EKS
Reader Bootstrapping Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) might be one of the quickest routes an organization can take to run


The Benefits of Buying Support for Open Source Software
One of the enticing things about open source software is its almost universal price tag: free. Another enticement is your


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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


Upcoming Events & Software Updates
In the coming month, there are two events that our team will be attending. The first event is STAC (Strategic Technology Analysis Center). STAC’s research


Encrypted Replication With DRBD
With the arrival of DRBD® 9.2.6, replication traffic can now be encrypted by the Linux kernel. DRBD is now able to use in-kernel TLS acceleration


Meet LINBIT at CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023
We are thrilled to announce that LINBIT is a partner of this year’s highly anticipated CloudStack Collaboration Conference. The event, bringing together industry experts, developers,


“Operation Excellence”: How LINSTOR is Redefining Military Data Storage
Many current software-defined storage (SDS) solutions hinge on the concept of redundant architectures and data center facilities, often relying on multiple systems to guarantee data


Experience the LINBIT Storage Day Webinars
While keeping up with news from our industry, it caught my attention that among EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) users, servers running Rocky Linux


Multisite Data Replication Over a WAN for Disaster Recovery
LINBIT® and many other organizations that specialize in high-availability (HA) solutions use and support the cluster manager Pacemaker. Pacemaker, when properly configured, does a great


Configuring Multipath iSCSI Targets in Pacemaker for Higher Availability
LINBIT® has been building and supporting high-availability (HA) iSCSI clusters using DRBD® and Pacemaker for over a decade. In fact, that was the very first


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


What the New European Cyber Resilience Act Means for the Open Source Industry
In community news, the European Cyber Resilience Act will have a massive impact on Open Source projects and Open Source businesses. The intention is to impose mandatory


Compiling Your Own WinDRBD: 1.2 Branch Preview
While still maintaining the WinDRBD 1.1 stable branch work on the WinDRBD 1.2 development branch has been started. Having a stable branch (1.1) and a development branch (1.2) allows


Kubernetes at the Edge Using LINBIT SDS for Persistent Storage
Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that brings data processing and computation closer to the data source or “edge” of the network. This reduces


Is the Open Source World Under Financial Pressure?
Two weeks ago, the news that EQT is buying back SUSE shares got some attention in the Linux world, which also happens to be when


LINBIT Offers Official DRBD Basics Training
LINBIT® is offering an official training package for Linux system administrators who are interested in getting started using DRBD® to create high-availability and high-performance block


Setting Up LINBIT SDS with OpenNebula for Resilient & Flexible Storage
Authors: Michael Troutman & Rene Peinthor — This post will guide you through integrating LINBIT SDS (LINSTOR® and DRBD®) with OpenNebula, to provide fast, scalable,


DRBD Starter Package
LINBIT® has been dedicated to open source since its inception. All of LINBIT’s code is freely available on GitHub, as well as prepackaged downloads on LINBIT.com.