DRBD Alternatives

DRBD is described as 'LINBIT’s DRBD® software seamlessly replicates data between servers, eliminating “single points of failure” within your IT infrastructure, no matter which applications are running on top' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DRBD for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Web-based apps. The best DRBD alternative is Ceph, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DRBD are Google Cloud Filestore, GlusterFS, Elliptics and BeeGFS.

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LINBIT’s DRBD® software seamlessly replicates data between servers, eliminating “single points of failure” within your IT infrastructure, no matter which applications are running on top.

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DRBD alternatives page was last updated Nov 7, 2024
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  1. Ceph icon
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    Ceph

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    Ceph is a distributed object store and file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and scalability.

    27 Ceph alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Ceph Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Fault tolerant
    4.  Object storage
    5.  Block Storage
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    Ceph VS DRBD

    Is Ceph a good alternative to DRBD?
     

    • Ceph is the most popular Linux alternative to DRBD.

    • Ceph is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DRBD.

    • Ceph is Free and Open SourceDRBD is also Free and Open Source
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    Google Cloud Filestore

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    Google Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service designed for high-performance workloads. It provides consistent performance, low latency storage operations, and can handle demanding workloads effectively. With Filestore Enterprise, there is a 99.

    19 Google Cloud Filestore alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online

    Google Cloud Filestore Features

    1.  Fully managed service
    2.  File Storage
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    Google Cloud Filestore VS DRBD

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    • Google Cloud Filestore is the most popular Web-based alternative to DRBD.

    • Google Cloud Filestore is the most popular commercial alternative to DRBD.

    • Google Cloud Filestore is Paid and ProprietaryDRBD is Free and Open Source
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    GlusterFS

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    GlusterFS is a scale-out network-attached storage file system. It has found applications including cloud computing, streaming media services, and content delivery networks. GlusterFS was developed originally by Gluster, Inc. and then by Red Hat, Inc.

    19 GlusterFS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    GlusterFS VS DRBD

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  5. Elliptics

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    Elliptics network is a fault tolerant key/value storage. It was designed to handle all error cases starting from simple disk problems upto datacenter failures. With default key generation policy it implements distributed hash table object storage.

    16 Elliptics alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Elliptics Features

    1.  Object storage
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    Elliptics VS DRBD

    Is Elliptics a good alternative to DRBD?
     

    • Elliptics is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to DRBD.

    • Elliptics is Free and Open SourceDRBD is also Free and Open Source
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    BeeGFS

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    BeeGFS (formerly FhGFS) is a parallel cluster file system, developed with a strong focus on performance and designed for very easy installation and management.

    22 BeeGFS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    BeeGFS Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Fault tolerant
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    BeeGFS VS DRBD

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    Seaweed FS

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    SeaweedFS is a simple and highly scalable distributed file system to store and serve billions of files fast! SeaweedFS object store has O(1) disk seek and SeaweedFS Filer supports cross-cluster replication, POSIX, S3 API, ,….

    16 Seaweed FS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Seaweed FS Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  Erasure coding
    3.  S3 storage support
    4.  Distributed
    5.  Fault tolerant
    6.  Region replication
    7.  Kubernetes
    8.  Filesystem
    9.  File Storage
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    Seaweed FS VS DRBD

    Is Seaweed FS a good alternative to DRBD?
     

    • Seaweed FS is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to DRBD.

    • Seaweed FS is Free and Open SourceDRBD is also Free and Open Source
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    StorPool

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    StorPool is an intelligent software-defined storage solution that allows service providers, enterprises and other Cloud builders to run data storage on standard x86 servers, instead of on expensive and inefficient storage arrays (SANs).

    41 StorPool alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu Server
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Red Hat
    Snapshot from the StorPool presentation at the OpenStack Summit - Integration with OpenStack
    StorPool integration with OpenNebula

    StorPool Features

    1.  HCI support
    2.  High Availability
    3.  Infiniband support
    4.  ISCSI support
    5.  QoS
    6.  Backups and Disaster Recovery
    7.  Data tiering
    8.  Thin Provisioning
    9.  Automatic recovery
    10.  Zeroes detection
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    StorPool VS DRBD

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    XtreemFS

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    XtreemFS is an object-based, distributed file system for wide area networks. The file system replicates objects for fault tolerance and caches metadata and data to improve performance over high-latency links. SSL and X.

    20 XtreemFS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    XtreemFS Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Custom file system
    3.  Virtual filesystem
    4.  Distributed
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    XtreemFS VS DRBD

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  11. LVM2

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    LVM2 refers to the userspace toolset that provide logical volume management facilities on linux. It is reasonably backwards-compatible with the original LVM toolset.

    6 LVM2 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    LVM2 Features

    1.  LVM
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    DRBD is network-based storage solution, while LVM2 is strictly single-host non-networked storage management.

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    • LVM2 is Free and Open SourceDRBD is also Free and Open Source

  12. Vitastor

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    Vitastor is a small, simple and fast clustered block storage (storage for VM drives), architecturally similar to Ceph which means strong consistency, primary-replication, symmetric clustering and automatic data distribution over any number of drives.

    9 Vitastor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Vitastor Features

    1.  File Storage
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Object storage
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    NetApp

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    NetApp Support provides information about Cases, AutoSupports and Fitness of your NetApp storage systems helping you to enhance uptime.

    9 NetApp alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    NetApp Features

    1.  VPS
    2.  Cloud Monitoring
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    NetApp VS DRBD

    Is NetApp a good alternative to DRBD?
     

    • NetApp is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to DRBD.

    • NetApp is Paid and ProprietaryDRBD is Free and Open Source
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