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DRBD Reactor – User Mode Helper (UMH)
This blog post discusses the User Mode Helper (UMH) plugin. Read the overview blog post first for a more general introduction to drbd-reactor. Motivation Experienced DRBD® users


Multi Availability Zone Block-Level Replication using DRBD
Reader Bootstrapping Amazon Web Services (AWS) is designed from the ground up with availability in mind. The geographical locations of their Availability Zones (AZs) are


DRBD Reactor – Design & Features
Over time, LINBIT® has built a variety of software components for use in highly-available systems. These components range from DRBD® for block device replication to


Who Needs High Availability: Industries & Use Cases
When considering ‘Who needs high availability?’ ask the following question: is downtime unacceptable to your business? Do you work for an Enterprise company? Is access


Tailored fit for any business: IBM LinuxONE & LINBIT SDS
IBM LinuxONE & LINBIT SDS Integration Benefits of the Integration Conclusion


File vs. Block vs. Object Storage
Storage systems are almost unquestionably the most critical component of larger IT systems. Without storage systems operating normally, websites could serve outdated information, customers and


How To Use an Open Source SDS Solution for HashiCorp Nomad
Overview Nomad is a simple and flexible workload orchestrator which deploys and manages containers and non-containerized applications. It does so across on-prem and clouds at


Tutorial: Stacked Block Storage in LINBIT SDS (aka LINSTOR)
In this tutorial, I will show you how to use LINBIT SDS to orchestrate DRBD, bcache and ZFS in a stacked block storage layer. We


What is Business Continuity planning and why it’s important?
If we’ve learned anything over the past few years, it’s that in life, as well as business, it’s important to expect the unexpected. Business continuity


LINBIT & OpenNebula TechDays: About Building IaaS Clouds
Open Source Block Storage for OpenNebula Clouds The LINBIT® OpenNebula TechDays was our mutual attempt to share our combined knowledge with the open source and


Rancher’s K3s and LINBIT SDS
K3s is a very popular Kubernetes distribution from Rancher Labs designed to be both simple to set up and lightweight (in terms of system resources,


What are the benefits of running DRBD in Diskless mode?
Introduction As the developers of DRBD®, LINBIT® has led the way in high availability since 2001. DRBD has been included in the Linux kernel since


Automated Testing at LINBIT with Virter
My previous blog post described Virter, a tool for running virtual machines (VMs). This post will show how we use that to test our software


Virter – Cloud Image Virtual Machines on Your Workstation
Virtual machines on your workstation At LINBIT® we like tools that are simple, convenient, and integrated. Managing virtual machines (VMs) for development and automated testing


OpenShift on IBM Z with LINBIT SDS
High-performance software-defined storage with full OpenShift integration, available on IBM Z OpenShift is RedHat’s enriched version of Kubernetes. An important building block for modern cloud


Tutorial: How to Integrate MinIO with LINSTOR to Distribute Data on Kubernetes
While LINSTOR® is on the way to becoming an industry standard as software defined block storage. MinIO stands out as the number one product in