Kubernetes Persistent Container Storage
LINBIT builds upon 20 years of experience developing and supporting production storage and high availability workloads, combined with modern best practices from the community.
Our production-grade software defined storage combined with our world-class support for persistent container storage for Kubernetes works seamlessly with your most critical and intensive business applications.
Overview
With native integration to Kubernetes, LINSTOR® makes building, running, and controlling block storage simple. LINSTOR is open-source software designed to manage block storage devices for large Linux server clusters. It’s used to provide persistent block storage for Kubernetes environments.
Architecture
LINSTOR® is composed of at least one controller and multiple satellites that connect over a secured connection to Kubernetes. This interaction is done via API or CLI.
Benefits
- Kubernetes Persistent Storage
- Block Storage Replication
- Kubernetes Integration
- RDMA
- Separation of Data & Control Plane
- Management of PMEM
- NVME Over Fabric
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Storage features:
• Snapshots
• Thin Provisioning
• Deduplication
• Encryption at Rest
Business Value
24 x 365
Support
No Vendor
Lock-In
Lower
TCO
Scale
Out
High
Performance
Open
Source
FAQ
Do you support RDMA/Infiniband?
Yes. LINBIT has an RDMA (verbs) API. The DRBD®– software works over Infiniband, RoCE, or iWarp to overcome the performance limitations of TCP/IP.
Do you work with databases?
LINSTOR® is perfectly suited for database workloads and structured data. We’ve reached up to 400,000+ IOPS for a single volume.
What Platforms Are Supported?
Most major Linux platforms are supported:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Oracle Linux 6.3+ (RHEL Compatible or UEK)
- Ubuntu Server Edition
Pricing
Open Source
LINBIT SDS
- DRBD 9 and LINSTOR
- Tech Guide for DRBD 9 and LINSTOR + Access to LINBIT's Extensive Documentation
Plus
LINBIT SDS
- All LINBIT SDS Open Source features, plus:
- Access to LINBIT's Repository to Download the Tested, Certified Linux Packages
- New Packages on Request: Next Business Day
- Unlimited Support Tickets
- Remote Installation/Troubleshooting by SSH/VPN
- Updates, Including New Features
- Emergency Support
- Failover Testing
- Emergency Initial Response Time: 4 Hours Maximum
- Initial Support Response Time: 8 Hours Maximum
- Email/Phone Support: 9/5 CE(S)T or PT
Enterprise
LINBIT SDS
- All LINBIT SDS Plus features, plus:
- RDMA License for Fast Infiniband Replication
- New Packages on Request Within 24 Hours
- Performance Tuning
- Support Engineer Assigned to Your Company
- Emergency Initial Response Time: 1 Hour Maximum
- Initial Support Response Time: 4 Hours Maximum
- Email/Phone Support: 24/7
