Perspectives on Retaining Customers of Free Software
In this first edition of what I intend to be a quarterly newsletter, I want to talk about a topic
LINBIT to Sponsor & Attend Open Source Summit Europe 2024 in Vienna
True to its roots in and commitment to open source, LINBIT® is a silver sponsor of the Linux Foundation’s Open
Implementing Disaster Recovery for Proxmox VE with a Stretched LINSTOR Cluster
In this blog, you will delve into the necessary steps and settings for creating a stretched LINSTOR® cluster to provide
Where to Find LINBIT Documentation
This blog post aims to point to the various resources that document LINBIT open source software. Because some people might
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DRBD Release & Upcoming Events
The newsletter this week coincides with a DRBD release. The changelog of the most recent DRBD releases – 9.1.22 and 9.2.11 – shows that each fix addresses
Create a Highly Available iSCSI Target Using a LINSTOR Gateway Cluster
This tutorial will teach you how to set up a highly available iSCSI target by using LINSTOR Gateway. Here is the ideal starting point to
Kubernetes CSI Plugin for LINSTOR
Much has changed in how LINSTOR® is typically deployed into Kubernetes clusters over the years. I’m referring to the LINSTOR Operator for Kubernetes which is now at
Comparing Open Source Cloud & Virtualization Platforms
More and more, businesses and companies are seeking to repatriate services and infrastructure from the cloud to on-premise or hybrid solutions. This might be for
NFS High Availability on RHEL 9 with DRBD Reactor: A How-To Technical Guide
The Deploying an HA NFS Cluster with DRBD and DRBD Reactor on RHEL 9 or AlmaLinux 9 how-to technical guide gives instructions for setting up and configuring
Configuring Tiered Storage in CloudStack Using LINSTOR
One of the benefits of integrating LINSTOR®, the LINBIT® developed software-defined storage utility, with Apache CloudStack is that you can use it to compliment CloudStack’s
Distributing Volume Replicas for High Availability & Disaster Recovery Using LINSTOR
LINSTOR® has supported using auxiliary node properties to fine tune LINSTOR’s logic for where in the cluster LINSTOR should place DRBD® volume replicas when you don’t explicitly
Highly Available NFS Exports with DRBD & Pacemaker
Creating Highly Available NFS Targets with DRBD and Pacemaker This blog post explains how to configure a highly available (HA) active/passive NFS server on a
Backing up a Kubernetes Deployment Using Velero & LINBIT SDS
Authors: Joel Zhou & Michael Troutman — In a Kubernetes cluster that has persistent storage managed by LINBIT SDS, you can have a high-availability solution
A Proactive Approach Towards Ransomware Protection
Every year, the research firms’ analysts send questionnaires and conduct interviews. The new trend I have noticed in the analysts’ questions is a proactive approach
Security Best Practices For LINSTOR Software-Defined Storage Clusters
LINSTOR®, developed by LINBIT®, is a robust open source software-defined storage system designed for managing block storage devices in large-scale clusters. It simplifies the creation,
Highly Available NFS Storage using LINBIT HA for Kubernetes
While NFS (Network File System) isn’t a new or exciting technology, it is one of the more common storage solutions for Kubernetes clusters that require
DRBD-reactor over Pacemaker
DRBD-reactor is one of our younger projects, but did you realize it’s already three years old? For some projects, three years is not a lot,
The Benefits of High Availability (HA)
This article describes the reasoning behind and the benefits of a high-availability (HA) solution for providing services and applications. This article is intended as a
Highly Available NFS for Proxmox With LINSTOR Gateway
Attaching an NFS share to your Proxmox cluster is a convenient way to add reliable storage for backups, ISO images, container templates, and more. If
Home Assistant High Availability
So, you’ve gone down the rabbit hole of home automation. You’ve been getting deeper and deeper into Home Assistant and its ecosystem. You are configuring new IoT
