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![Matt Kereczman](https://linbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Matthew-Kereczman-150x150.jpeg)
Using the Prometheus Operator for Monitoring LINBIT SDS in Kubernetes
Prometheus is a popular solution for Kubernetes monitoring and alerting. The kube-prometheus-stack project is a collection of Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules that provides an
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Monitoring & Performing Actions on DRBD Resources in Real-Time Using DRBDmon
One convenient way to work with and check DRBD® and its resources is by using DRBDmon. DRBDmon is an open source utility included with the drbd-utils software
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Using Fencing in Pacemaker Clusters on VirtualBox Hypervisors
This blog post will describe how you can configure the fence_vbox fence agent in high-availability (HA) Pacemaker development clusters running on VirtualBox for Linux. Fencing is an
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XZ Backdoor & LINBIT Updates
Without question, the most drastic news event in the past two weeks was, of course, the backdoor in XZ Utils’ liblzma, which implements a backdoor
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Disaster Recovery Is Not a Technology, It’s a Plan
Disaster recovery (DR) is often perceived as a purely technological solution implemented within storage or virtualization environments, thanks to aggressive marketing by software vendors. However,
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LINBIT Software Used In an Academic Research Clustering Project
We at LINBIT® are pleased to learn about a collaborative research project between 45drives, a data storage solutions company built on open source, and Nova Scotia Community
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Using the DRBD Quorum Feature as an Alternative to Fencing in a Pacemaker Cluster
Implementing fencing is a way to ensure the consistency of your replicated data by avoiding “split-brain” scenarios. When communication between cluster nodes breaks, fencing prevents
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Filling the Gap: LINBIT SDS in Amazon EKS
Update: The full technical document described in this blog post has been updated to version 8.2 on 2024-04-06 to include enhancements made to the LINSTOR
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Discussion with Our Partners after the VMware News
We held our recent Community Meeting on March 14th, and decided to try something new. We gave our developers a break from the spotlight to invite partners
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Configuring Highly Available NVMe-oF Attached Storage in Proxmox VE
LINBIT® develops and supports software used to build high availability clusters for almost any application or platform out there. It does this by creating tools
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The Stretched Cluster Disaster Recovery Strategy
My colleague, Yusuf Yildiz, a solutions architect here at LINBIT® strongly believes disaster recovery (DR) should be thought of as a plan, rather than a
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NAS High Availability Using a Synology NAS Appliance & LINBIT Software
Recently I came across Synology’s spin on high availability. After perusing through their documentation I noticed an all too familiar protocol: DRBD®. Recognizing this software and having a
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Highly Available SCST & LIO iSCSI Clustering How-To Guide Update & Comparison
Companion Tech Guide Updated using Community Feedback on 3/21/24 LINBIT®️ has been building and supporting Highly Available (HA) iSCSI clusters using DRBD®️ and Pacemaker for
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Migrating Manually Created DRBD Resources to LINSTOR Software-Defined Storage
DRBD® has been a long-standing and proven solution for creating high-availability (HA) storage. LINSTOR®, the LINBIT®-developed software-defined storage (SDS) solution, is a relatively newer offering.
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The Continuous Increase in GDPR Conflicts with the Spirit of Open Source
When the EU introduced the GDPR, I initially thought that ‘rights for individuals’ could only be positive. Deleting an individual’s data upon request is something
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Apache CloudStack as a VMware Alternative: A Deep Dive into CloudStack Features Anticipating VMware Migration
The Apache CloudStack Project is observing a significant interest from Cloud Service Providers, who are looking for a VMware alternative after the VMware Broadcom acquisition and the announcement of significant changes in the VMware Partner Connect Program, licensing models and VMware pricing.