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The Technology Inside LINSTOR (Part II)
In our first look into LINSTOR®, you learned a lot about the single communication protocol, transaction safety and modularity features. In the next chapter, you


The Technology Inside LINSTOR (Part I)
Spotlight on LINSTOR’s design and technology What we do to LINSTOR’s design and technology and how we do it to create a powerful, flexible and


Container-Native Software Defined Storage (SDS) From LINBIT
Container-native software technologies represent the next wave of efficiency for data centres. Like previous waves, a new technology points to new levels of efficiency and


The Open Source OpenSDS Project Welcomes LINBIT
The OpenSDS Project is an open-source community addressing software-defined storage integration challenges. The aim is to drive enterprise adoption of open standards. Open-source technology is our primary


LINSTOR: A New Container-Native Storage For Enterprise Applications From LINBIT
LINSTOR® now offers a brand new solution regarding container-native storage for enterprise applications. The open-source software-defined storage is available for Kubernetes and OpenShift Environments. The


A New Solution For An Old Problem: DRBD Quorum Solves Split-Brain
DRBD® Quorum solves split-brain is a subject that starts when I attended the OpenStack Summit in Atlanta. I sat in a talk about the difficulties


VCS Integrates With LINBIT’s DRBD Software
The LINBIT® DRBD® software has been updated with integration for Veritas Infoscale Availability (VIA) – formerly VCS. VIA, formerly known as Veritas Cluster Server (VCS),


Educational Organizations Choose LINBIT For High Availability & Disaster Recovery Solutions
Educational Organizations Choose LINBIT® because our software suite enables the implementation of always-on systems for enrollment, online testing, registration, and other critical services. In addition


Why Must Higher Education Be Highly Available?
People understand the importance of hospital systems needing to be highly available, but higher education also needs to be. Hospitals are easy to explain since


LINBIT Strengthens Global Presence Through Agreement with eCloudTech in China
LINBIT® has partnered with eCloudTech to offer our open-source software solutions in High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Software-Defined Storage (SDS) to the Chinese


The True Cost of Data Loss
When you hear the term ‘Data Loss,’ what does it make you think? Something frightening or just an inconvenience? What if you lost your customer database,


How LINBIT Supports the Japanese Market With Thirdware
LINBIT® supports the Japanese market through a partnership with Japanese Linux pioneer Thirdware Inc. As a DRBD Certified Partner, Thirdware provides full support for DRBD® and


RDMA Performance
As promised in the previous RDMA post, we gathered some performance data for the RDMA transport. Read and enjoy! Basic Hardware Information The Software We


DRBD Client (Diskless Mode) Performance
This blog post will introduce a new feature and examine the performance of DRBD® Diskless. DRBD 9 introduces an interesting new feature; DRBD client nodes.


Mirrored SAN vs DRBD
We sometimes get asked, “Why not simply use a mirrored SAN instead of DRBD®”? This post shows some crucial differences between mirrored SAN and DRBD.