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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
LINBIT Announces Partnership with Trilio for Cloud Backup of Kubernetes Applications and Related Storage Volumes
TrilioVault adds highly sophisticated data protection capabilities and improves operating efficiency for customers of LINSTOR with Kubernetes LINBIT® has finalized an agreement to partner with
How SDS Platforms Can Reduce Your Capital & Operational Expenditures Significantly
Software-defined storage industry – present and future Hardware-defined storage solutions are slowly becoming obsolete. The data is crystal clear: the future belongs to the software-defined
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
Using DRBD Block Devices for Kubevirt
This demonstrates how to use DRBD® block devices provisioned by the LINSTOR® CSI driver. We assume that the CSI driver is working (e.g., by installing
Optimizing DRBD for Persistent Memory
Persistent Memory (PMEM) is an exciting storage tier with much lower latency than SSDs. LINBIT® has optimized DRBD® for when its metadata is stored on
Use Case: Bank replaces Veritas Volume Replicator with LINBIT HA
Just in the last few months, LINBIT® closed with the help of Red Hat a deal with a large, well-known retail and commercial bank with
How to make DRBD compatible to the Linux kernel
The Linux kernel’s interface towards device drivers is not set in stone. It evolves with the evolvement of Linux. Sometimes driven by hardware improvements, sometimes
LINBIT Announces DRBD Support for Amazon Linux
The Digital Transformation The concept of “Digital Transformation” for executive teams at Fortune-sized companies is no longer a new and flashy phrase. An important part
Kubernetes Operator: LINSTOR’s Little Helper
Before we describe what our LINSTOR® Operator does, it is a good idea to discuss what a Kubernetes Operator actually is. If you are already
NuoDB on LINSTOR Provisioned Kubernetes Volumes
NuoDB and LINBIT® put our technologies together to see just how well they performed, and we are both happy with the results. We decided to
DRBD/LINSTOR vs Ceph – a technical comparison
The aim of this article is to give you some insight into CEPH, DRBD® and LINSTOR® by outlining their basic functions. The following points should
Cheap Votes: DRBD Diskless Quorum
One of the most important considerations when implementing clustered systems is ensuring that a cluster remains cohesive and stable given unexpected conditions. DRBD® already has
Key/Value Store in LINSTOR
Recently we introduced a Key/Value store in LINSTOR® and exposed it in a developer-friendly way in the Python API (python-linstor). The first question is why
Containerize LINSTOR
LINBIT® and its Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution LINSTOR® has provided integration with Linux containers for quite some time. These range from a Docker volume plugin,
