GitLab High Availability With DRBD & Pacemaker
Introduction GitLab is a robust DevOps platform used by many organizations and developers. You can easily install GitLab as a
Managing AWS EBS Volumes Using LINSTOR
Cloud storage is a critical component of running persistent workloads in the cloud, especially in hybrid cloud environments. LINSTOR®, the
Open Source Innovations & Solutions at LINBIT
Perhaps there is a feeling that you might be making the world a better place by choosing to use open
Development Work on the WinDRBD 1.2 Branch for Highly Available Windows Services
This article is an update on the LINBIT® team’s WinDRBD development work, particularly the WinDRBD 1.2 branch, since I first wrote
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Comparing CloudStack, OpenNebula & OpenStack
This post is intended to help someone learn more about three of the most popular open source virtualization management platforms for large IaaS deployments (in
Controlling Data Replication with Snapshot Shipping Using LINSTOR
In distributed data storage environments, ensuring data consistency and availability across multiple nodes is crucial. LINSTOR®, the open source software-defined storage (SDS) software created by
Ready-made CloudStack Deployment on Hyperconverged Infrastructure with SDS, HA, and DR Capabilities
In an exciting, possibly world-first offering, the LINBIT® team has created the LINBIT® CloudStack® HCI Appliance. The appliance, built on open source software, is an
Setting Up a Highly Available SMB Share for Windows by Using WinDRBD & DRBD
During my years as a system administrator, I have worked as much with Windows servers as I have with Linux systems. Installing and managing SMB,
Working on a More Straightforward Offering
The Broadcom shock still affects many VMWare users. Some might have initially accepted the higher cost in the short term, but that doesn’t mean they
Striping LINSTOR Volumes Across Several Physical Devices
Introduction and considerations In a single sentence, striping can be described as a technique used in storage systems to spread data across multiple physical disks
The CAP theorem & LINBIT
I was recently asked which trade-offs LINBIT’s solution chose under the CAP theorem. The CAP theorem says that a distributed system can provide only two out of
Deploying Secure & Redundant Military Data Storage with LINSTOR
Many current software-defined storage (SDS) solutions hinge on the concept of redundant architectures and data center facilities, often relying on multiple systems to guarantee data
Managing DRBD By Using systemd Units
DRBD® is an important open source software component that can replicate data across multiple servers and can help make applications highly available. Traditionally, system administrators
A Loophole in the Open-Source License
Recently, a coworker brought to my attention an article titled ‘The messy WordPress drama, explained’. As you might know, my passion is with low-level software,
Performance Tuning for LINSTOR Persistent Storage in Kubernetes
LINBIT SDS, powered by LINSTOR® and DRBD®, is the SDS solution from LINBIT® for managing Linux block storage in Kubernetes. If you’ve used LINSTOR, you
Comparing Open Source Virtualization Platforms
More and more, businesses and companies are seeking to repatriate services and infrastructure from the cloud to on-premise or hybrid solutions. This might be for
Linux Foundation Events & Presentations
Since the last newsletter, I have been busy with conferences. First, I attended the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit in Vienna. Unfortunately, lower Austria was
Deploy Highly Available Data Stores Easily with LINBIT VSAN
LINBIT VSAN is a virtual storage area network (VSAN) appliance that you can use to easily create highly available data stores for your hypervisors. Originally,
Highly Available NFS Exports with DRBD & Pacemaker
Creating Highly Available NFS Targets with DRBD and Pacemaker This blog post explains how to configure a highly available (HA) active/passive NFS server on a
Scaling Jenkins for HA & DR using AWS, Kubernetes, & LINSTOR
Scaling Jenkins for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) was not a primary driving force in the open source automation platform’s development history. “Developers
