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Vendor: Linbit
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What is DRBD?

Transparent to your applications and databases, data is seamlessly replicated, eliminating single points of failure within your IT infrastructure. DRBD prevents data loss during hardware failures, automatically recovering systems in seconds by combining DRBD with Pacemaker. LINBIT includes Full installation and support for both components in our Enterprise Support offerings.

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DRBD is the #4 ranked solution in top High Availability Clustering solutions. PeerSpot users give DRBD an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. DRBD is most commonly compared to Windows Server Failover Clustering: DRBD vs Windows Server Failover Clustering.
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As of August 2025, the mindshare of DRBD in the High Availability Clustering category stands at 14.4%, up from 12.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of DRBD
Aug 14, 2016
It's kept data synchronized between multiple nodes in different datacenters, though it should have its own filesystem which can be used in multi-master environments.

What is most valuable?

The replication technology is very fast and efficient. If you can live with an active-passive setup, DRBD will be an awesome storage replication solution. For a while now also a multi-master setup is possible. It is different from the traditional use of DRBD, though.

How has it helped my organization?

DRBD helped keep data synchronized between multiple nodes and multiple nodes in different datacenters. This alone is great; however, if you need to failover between two nodes, DRBD is very fast and efficient. DRBD helped me and many customers to provide data in an HA environment with low costs (since DRBD itself is free).

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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