LINBIT VSAN is a turnkey SDS appliance that manages highly available NVMe-oF, iSCSI, and NFS data stores. It uses LINBIT® software from LINBIT SDS and LINBIT HA to offer a unified storage cluster management experience with a simple, intuitive GUI. LINBIT VSAN is designed for small to medium-sized VMware deployments but you can use it with any hypervisor supporting NVMe-oF, iSCSI, or NFS.
LINBIT VSAN Uses SCST for a Fast and Reliable iSCSI Transport
With the 0.17.1 LINBIT VSAN release comes a major improvement to the iSCSI transport implementation. LINBIT VSAN now uses SCST rather than LIO as the iSCSI back end. This should resolve many of the past issues related to LIO, especially when combining LINBIT VSAN with VMware ESXi initiators.
Faster LINBIT VSAN Deployments
Deployment options for LINBIT VSAN include using the LINBIT VSAN OVA for the hypervisor cluster or installing it on bare metal with the LINBIT ISO image. The 0.17.1 release includes optimized initramfs building during package installation. This should lead to faster installation times to get you up and running more quickly.
Flexibility to Access Different Package Repositories
LINBIT VSAN brings a few different open source projects together in an appliance-like platform. With the 0.17.1 version, LINBIT VSAN builds these on top of AlmaLinux 8.8. This release also gives you access to LINBIT customer-only staging repositories. These staging repositories are optional and turned off by default. However, enabling them allows customers to easily download and install the latest test and release candidate builds, for example, to preview new releases in a testing environment before deploying them into production.
A Simple and Intuitive User Interface
You no longer need to be a command line wizard to create and manage sophisticated storage solutions. By using the LINBIT VSAN graphical user interface, you can quickly and easily do tasks, such as putting nodes into standby mode when it is time to do upgrades and system maintenance tasks. This keeps your users and customers happy.
Conclusion
With LINBIT VSAN, it is easier than ever to create resilient, highly available iSCSI, NVMe-oF, or NFS data stores and manage them on your network for your virtualization needs. To learn more about LINBIT VSAN, you can reach out to the team through the LINBIT contact page.
