LINBIT and OpenNebula Launch Reference Architecture for Container-Native Software Defined Storage (SDS)
Showcased at e-shelter, the system is available for customer testing, demonstrating ease of deployment, speed, reliability
VIENNA, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LINBIT, the pioneer in Linux-based Software Defined Storage (SDS) built on open source high availability, disaster recovery, and container technologies, today announced a reference architecture for SDS in collaboration with cloud platform leader OpenNebula. The architecture demonstrates how a container-native SDS solution can be deployed easily and deliver unprecedented speed and reliability. The companies have installed a powerful representative configuration in Frankfurt, Germany at a modern facility provided by e-shelter, one of the top data center operators in Europe.
"LINBIT SDS is the only SDS solution that augments, rather than duplicate the storage management functionality that is already available in the Linux operating system," said Brian Hellman, Linbit COO. "This simple but novel approach translates to a reliable feature-rich solution for large and small enterprise customers."
Volume and configuration management is provided by LINSTOR, a software tool that serves as management console for LINBIT products, while fast and reliable data replication is delivered by DRBD, a part of the Linux kernel for nearly a decade.
"OpenNebula over LINSTOR enables a fully hyper-converged cloud with state-of-the-art orchestration and storage features, using OSS components exclusively," said Constantino Vázquez, Engineering Manager at OpenNebula Systems. "The integration between the two couldn't be more natural - they are a perfect fit."
LINSTOR simplifies the management of block storage devices for Linux server clusters of any size. In addition, it is fully integrated with Kubernetes and OpenShift, which simplifies building, running, and controlling block storage.
OpenNebula is a turnkey enterprise-ready solution that includes all the features needed to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering, and to offer public cloud services. Red Hat OpenShift is an open source container application platform based on the Kubernetes container orchestrator for enterprise application development and deployment.
The facility enable companies to test the full range of the OpenNebula and LINSTOR functionality with easy access, within minutes, and access to a pre-build configuration. Customers who are interested in running a test using the system may contact their LINBIT sales representative. For more information, please visit www.linbit.com.
About LINBIT
LINBIT is the force behind DRBD and the de facto open standard for High Availability (HA) software for enterprise and cloud computing. The LINBIT DRBD software is deployed in millions of mission-critical environments worldwide to provide High Availability (HA), Geo Clustering for Disaster Recovery (DR), and Software Defined Storage (SDS) for OpenStack and OpenNebula based clouds.
About OpenNebula
OpenNebula is the open-source platform of choice in the converged data centre, providing a simple, albeit flexible and powerful, cloud manager that supports traditional IT features such as fault tolerance and failover; the dynamic provisioning, elasticity and multi-tenancy of modern enterprise clouds; and connectors for external clouds. With tens of thousands of deployments, OpenNebula is parked in some of the biggest organizations. OpenNebula Systems is the company that manages the OpenNebula Project and provides enterprise-grade support services.
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