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Independent Performance Testing of DRBD by E4
This is a guest post by Davide Obbi, Storage Specialist at E4. In 2024, the Italy-based E4 Computer Engineering company evaluated DRBD® for use in
RDMA & What It Means for Data Transfer & Replication
Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) is a data transport protocol that has changed the way data is transferred over networks. This article will discuss the
Open-Sourcing the LINBIT SDS GUI
One year ago, we announced the LINBIT SDS GUI, intending to add another benefit to the subscription products offered by LINBIT. A year later, we
Setting Up Highly Available Storage for Proxmox Using LINSTOR & the LINBIT GUI
This article is a companion article to the “How to Setup LINSTOR on Proxmox VE”. Instructions in this article will guide you through installing and integrating
Managing Software-Defined Storage with the LINBIT GUI
A Visual Approach to LINBIT SDS Here at LINBIT®, we live at the shell prompt, but on occasion, getting a graphical view of things can
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 that I think about every
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 disaster recovery (DR) capabilities for
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
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 find this post after having
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
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
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
