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TLS Security in the LINSTOR SDS & Piraeus Kubernetes Operator
LINSTOR® has featured TLS and SSL security for some time. This security is for communication between the LINSTOR nodes and the client to the API.


Solutions for Microservice Architectures
Over the past few years, microservice architectures and the cloud practices surrounding them have proliferated throughout the IT industry. As someone practicing IT in the


20 Years of LINBIT
Block Storage and Open Source Developments since Nov 2001 In November 2021, we celebrated 20 years of LINBIT, and we wanted to take the opportunity


LINBIT Launches WinDRBD 1.0.0
After almost 5 years in the making, LINBIT® announces the official launch of WinDRBD® 1.0.0. Vienna 8th of February 2022: LINBIT, the company behind the


DRBD Reactor – Prometheus
This blog post discusses the ‘Prometheus’ plugin, which implements a prometheus.io compatible metrics endpoint. But, first, for a more general introduction to ‘drbd-reactor,’ please read the overview blog


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


LINSTOR – Controlling Data Replication with Snapshot Shipping
Whatever the situation, LINSTOR covers your back. LINSTOR® is an SDS technology with snapshot shipping integrated into the code, capable of real-time replication using DRBD®.


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


What is RDMA, And Why Should We Care?
The TCP transport is a streaming protocol, and for nearly all Linux setups, means that the Linux Kernel takes care to deliver the messages in


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


LINBIT and ShapeBlue Presenting Storage Days
On September 28th and 29th, LINBIT and ShapeBlue are teaming up to bring you a two day webinar event exploring the benefits of using a combination of


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