Methods for Migrating Virtual Machines From VMware ESXi to Linux-Based Hypervisors
Many system administrators have been migrating away from VMware ESXi due to extreme increases in total cost of ownership (TCO)
Discover System76: A Partner in Open Source
In the past I’ve written about how LINBIT uses open source software throughout our infrastructure. Our commitment to open source
Kubernetes Roundup – LINSTOR Operator 2.12.0 Release & Updates
I’ll begin this Kubernetes roundup by sharing details about the new LINSTOR Operator 2.12.0 release. The new standout feature is
Insight into the latest DRBD Release
Just a couple of days ago, I released drbd-9.2.20 and drbd-9.3.4, which was an unusual release. As I explained in
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Seamlessly Migrating Applications Between Federated Kubernetes Clusters with LINSTOR
Matt Kereczman, Solutions Architect at LINBIT Björn Kraus, Chief Technical Officer at PHOENIX MEDIA Björn is CTO at an Adobe Commerce Solution Partner in Germany, where
An Open-Source Alternative to VMware
I can now share the video link to our Q2 Community Meeting, ‘Build Resilient Architectures with LINBIT SDS & Oracle Virtualization,’ which we hosted alongside
Red Hat Summit Conference – Trends Observed and Lessons Learned
In my previous newsletter, I wrote about how we’re changing our approach to events and conferences. I covered how we could aim to build better customer
Webinar: Build Resilient Architectures with LINBIT SDS & Oracle Virtualization
Simon Coter Senior Director, Oracle Linux and Virtualization Product Management & Engineering Marcos Sungaila Senior Principal Technical Product Manager Join us at 9:00 a.m. PT
Exploring LINSTOR Features for SDS, HA, & DR
This article itemizes and explores LINSTOR® notable features for software-defined storage (SDS), high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR). The intent behind writing this article
The Benefits of Using LINSTOR with CloudStack
While Apache CloudStack has open source roots going back over a decade and is currently on its fourth major version release, the platform has been
Using LINSTOR in Kubernetes to Create & Manage Persistent Storage for KubeVirt VMs
Kubernetes is best known as a container orchestrator. However, more and more businesses and organizations are using Kubernetes to also deploy and manage virtual machines
AI at This Year’s Red Hat Summit
I am writing this week’s newsletter from Boston, MA, at Red Hat Summit. AI was central to this year’s keynote, with Red Hat announcing various infrastructure
Using LINSTOR with Storj S3 Storage for Disaster Recovery
Besides being able to ship storage snapshots internally to the same LINSTOR® cluster, or to a different “remote” LINSTOR cluster, LINSTOR administrators can also ship
LINBIT SDS & SUSE Virtualization
A few newsletter editions ago, I wrote about the trend of using Kubernetes clusters for managing VMs and its original purpose of orchestrating containers. The
LVM, LVM-thin, or ZFS
Since LINSTOR supports LVM, LVM-thin, and ZFS, we often get questions about which of the above lower-level storage virtualization technologies we recommend. The answer is,
Discover Our Approach to Events & Conferences
I led a few discussions last year based on how valuable events and conferences were to us. While I have always appreciated the opportunity to
DRBD Client (Diskless Mode) Performance
Introduction This blog post will examine the performance of DRBD® in diskless mode. DRBD version 9.0 introduced a feature that is now used in nearly
Bringing a LINSTOR Driver to Incus
In my last newsletter, I mentioned the growing burden of maintaining all the integrations for LINSTOR with various workload orchestrators. When the open-source community creates
Exploring LINBIT Software Relationships for Building Resilient, Scalable, & Integrated Data Storage Solutions
LINBIT® has been a player in the world of highly available storage and data replication since 2001. At the heart of the LINBIT software ecosystem
Documenting a LINSTOR Automatic Resource Placement Feature: Ensuring a Number of Resources on Nodes of a Different Type
In this article, I will explore the LINSTOR® –x-replicas-on-different feature, and my efforts to document the feature for the LINSTOR User Guide. This was an incredible journey. An