Hey there, I’m currently an undergrad student in a comp sci course in Brazil. One of my professors is comparing different file storage systems and is interested in writing an article about it.
Thus, my task is to talk about Linstor, how it evolved and its current state, in order to contribute to the comparison of these systems, so I don’t need to be a Hemingway, I guess. But, there’s a catch.
There are lots of info on Linstor official pages, (especially https://linbit.com/drbd-user-guide/linstor-guide-1_0-en/#_how_linstor_works) but since I’m new to scientific writing and open source projects in general, I fear that I may end up repeating much of what is written on said pages. Plus, is there any place where I can find metrics that were researched about it?
Any pointers on how to do a good job regarding describing Linstor and how it became a reliable tool would be fantastic.
I would recommend looking through the LINBIT GitHub organization’s repositories (specifically the linstor-server project) for a technical view of “what has changed”. There you can see LINBIT’s first attempt at a management platform for DRBD devices, drbdmanage. DRBD manage never made it to a version 1.0 release, and was deprecated completely in favor of LINSTOR in 2018.
LINSTOR’s early development likely took a lot of lessons from issues that cropped up with DRBD manage. Comparing and reviewing those two projects’ histories (as well as plugin’s developed around them) might be a good place to start.
Thanks, Matt. I’ve been putting your advice to good use and have been comparing the repos and studying what I’m coming across, and that includes some of the things you’ve wrote (Comparing LINSTOR & Ceph Storage Clusters - LINBIT this was awesome, btw).
If everything goes well I’ll update this post and maybe bring a link to the published paper!