Ansible Inventory Groups for LINSTOR
A well-structured Ansible inventory is fundamental to an automated LINSTOR® cluster deployment. This blog post shows how to structure inventory
Meet LINBIT at KubeCon North America 2026 & a LINSTOR in Kubernetes Development Roundup
LINBIT® will exhibit at the KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America 2026 conference, booth 301. The conference takes place November 9-12,
Meeting Your HA, DR, & SDS Goals with LINBIT Software
LINBIT® software covers DRBD® and LINSTOR®, together with DRBD Reactor and its promoter plugin, LINSTOR Gateway, WinDRBD, and LINBIT SDS
Highly Available NFS Exports with DRBD & Pacemaker
This blog post explains how to configure an NFS server instance in a 3-node high availability (HA) active/passive Linux cluster
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Applying Per-Volume I/O Quality of Service Limits with LINSTOR in Kubernetes
Since the release of the LINSTOR Operator version 2.11.0 and the LINSTOR CSI driver version 1.11.3, both developed by LINBIT®, users can attach I/O Quality
LINSTOR is Red Hat Certified for OpenShift Virtualization
LINSTOR® now lists OpenShift Virtualization under Infrastructure features in its Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog listing, next to Container Storage Interface (CSI). It is a single line,
Digital Sovereignty’s Impact on Open Source Companies
‘Sovereignty’ is a word we borrowed from statecraft: a sovereign country is independent in its decisions. The term ‘Digital Sovereignty’ is a more recent invention
Getting Started with the LINBIT Deployment Tool
The LINBIT® deployment tool is a graphical tool that steps you through the process of installing and configuring LINSTOR® in a cluster of nodes. LINSTOR
AI – The Enabler for Crazy Ideas
Great things sometimes start with a crazy experiment. Before the AI age, many of us shelved crazy ideas as they were too time-consuming to explore or
Open Source VMware Alternatives That Can Integrate With LINBIT Storage Solutions
This article contains content contributions from LINBIT® team members: solutions architects Matt Kereczman and Joel Zhou, CEO Philipp Reisner, and developer Moritz Wanzenböck. If the
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
LINSTOR Operator 2.10.6 Released with LINSTOR & DRBD Updates
LINSTOR Operator 2.10.6 is the latest release of our Kubernetes Operator. There are two primary reasons for this patch release: we have updated LINSTOR and
Red Hat’s OpenShift 4.22 is Here
First, I want to mention that Red Hat released OpenShift 4.22. This relates to LINBIT because with this release, Red Hat made the Two-Node OpenShift with
Securing the LINSTOR REST API with Token Authentication
LINSTOR® 1.34 introduces bearer token authentication, a straightforward way to restrict access to its REST API. Before this release, securing the API required setting up
Hidden Software Gems
This week, I want to write about hidden software gems. My first example is an NFS server. When you search the internet for NFS server
Launching the Deployment Tool: Effortless Cluster Setup
Last month I discussed how AI enabled me to bring my dream of a simpler way to deploy LINBIT software to a reality. Now after much
GitLab High Availability With DRBD & Pacemaker
GitLab is a DevOps platform that many organizations and developers rely on around the clock, nearly every day of the year. You can install it
Using Volume Group Snapshots with LINSTOR in Kubernetes
Version 2.10.0 of the LINSTOR® Operator for Kubernetes, developed by LINBIT®, introduces support for volume group snapshots, a feature that enables crash-consistent, point-in-time snapshots of multiple
Becoming More Accessible to Windows Users
I have recently seen two internal presentations on LINBIT SDS for Windows. The first was about Hyper-V virtual machines running with their virtualized backing disks on
LINSTOR in OpenShift: A Red Hat Certified OperatorHub Offering
The LINSTOR® Operator for managing the LINSTOR life cycle in Kubernetes is a Red Hat certified offering available through the OperatorHub in the OpenShift Container
