simplyblockMay 15, 2024

What is Block Storage?

The term Block storage describes a technology that controls how data is stored on storage devices. The name is derived from the fact that block storage splits any kind of information, such as files or raw disk content, into chunks (or blocks) of equal size. Block storage is the most versatile type of storage, as it is the underlying structure of other storage options, such as file or object storage. It is also the most well-known type of storage since most typical storage media (HDD, SSD, […]

https://www.simplyblock.io/blog/what-is-block-storage/

simplyblockOct 23, 2024

Serverless Compute Need Serverless Storage

The use of serverless infrastructures is steeply increasing. As the Datadog “State of Serverless 2023” survey shows, more than half of all cloud customers have already adopted a serverless environment on the three big hyperscalers—at least to some extent. The premise of saving cost while automatically and indefinitely scaling (up and down) increases the user base. Due to this movement, other cloud operators, many database companies (such as Neon and Nile), and infrastructure teams at […]

https://www.simplyblock.io/blog/serverless-compute-need-serverless-storage/

gyptazyJul 20, 2025

Probably the most interesting new feature in Proxmox 9 (Beta 1):

Finally we're able to create #Snapshots of VMs with shared block storage (such like #iSCSI, #FibreChannel & #NVMeoF) with LVM Thick without doing dirty workarounds. Well done Proxmox (& Alex!).

Recently, I created a plugin (including PVE UI integration) for #NetApp based storages to create storage side snapshots.

PS: #ProxLB also already supports PVE9!

#Proxmox #blockstorage #Proxmox9 #PVE #virtualization #beta #OnTap

Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתוJul 19, 2025

I don't know if anybody noticed #ZeroFS yet, but it seems there is a completely user space-implementation of #NFS and #blockstorage on top of #S3 #objectstorage: https://github.com/Barre/zerofs

Including a demo running #ZFS on top of it which essentially allows geo-redundant ZFS volumes: https://asciinema.org/a/728234 & https://github.com/Barre/zerofs?tab=readme-ov-file#geo-distributed-storage-with-zfs

I don't see no #FreeBSD port yet, but if that really works it would be absolutely awesome.

#OpenZFS

GitHub - Barre/zerofs: ZeroFS: The S3FS that does not suck.

ZeroFS: The S3FS that does not suck. Contribute to Barre/zerofs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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 Qiita - 人気の記事Jun 11, 2025

Oracle Cloud: Boot Volume と Block Volume を グループ化して バックアップ して リストアしてみてみた
https://qiita.com/shirok/items/9a145661ca9af5a61ba1?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #oracle #backup #oci #Restore #BlockStorage

Oracle Cloud: Boot Volume と Block Volume を グループ化して バックアップ して リストアしてみてみた - Qiita

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Block Volumeサービスを使用すると、多数のボリュームを1つのボリューム・グループにグループ化できます。 ボリューム・グループ ボリューム・グループには、コンピュート・インスタンス用のシステム・ディスクであ...

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Lightbits LabsJun 10, 2025
OpenStack with Block Storage Solutions for High-Performance Workloads
High-performance, software-defined storage that is ideal for OpenStack environments that require reliable, scalable, and efficient block storage. Get the whitepaper.
https://www.lightbitslabs.com/openstack-with-block-storage-solutions-for-high-performance-workloads/
#OpenStack #BlockStorage #SoftwareDefinedStorage #ITInfrastructure
OpenStack with Block Storage Solutions for High-Performance Workloads

High-performance, software-defined storage that is ideal for OpenStack environments that require reliable, scalable, and efficient block storage. Get the whitepaper.

Lightbits
Lightbits LabsJun 6, 2025
LBCLI Ask makes managing a Lightbits cluster simple.
https://www.lightbitslabs.com/blog/lightbits-v3-15-1-release-security-resiliency-and-smarter-operations/
#softwaredefinedstorage #blockstorage
Lightbits LabsApr 21, 2025
Software-Defined Storage R&D: An Unrelenting Focus on Quality
Quality in Lightbits Labs software-defined storage R&D isn’t just a box to check—it’s the bedrock of everything we do. Learn more.
https://www.lightbitslabs.com/blog/the-sine-qua-non-of-software-defined-storage-rd-an-unrelenting-focus-on-quality/
#softwaredefined #lightbitslabs #blockstorage
Software-Defined Storage R&D: An Unrelenting Focus on Quality

Quality in Lightbits Labs software-defined storage R&D isn’t just a box to check—it’s the bedrock of everything we do. Learn more.

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Karsten SchmidtApr 16, 2025

Just added some new diagrams to describe the internals of the https://thi.ng/block-fs block storage & filesystem (incl. some examples) and also added/updated CLI tooling docs...

#ThingUmbrella #BlockStorage #FileSystem #TypeScript #JavaScript #Documentation #Diagram

Customizable block-based storage, adapters & file system layer

thi.ng/block-fs
Karsten SchmidtApr 2, 2025

#ReleaseWednesday Just pushed a new version of https://thi.ng/block-fs, now with additional multi-command CLI tooling to convert & bundle a local file system tree into a single block-based binary blob (e.g. for bundling assets, or distributing a virtual filesystem as part of a web app, or for snapshot testing, or as bridge for WASM interop etc.)

Also new, the main API now includes a `.readAsObjectURL()` method to wrap files as URLs to binary blobs with associated MIME types, thereby making it trivial to use the virtual filesystem for sourcing stored images and other assets for direct use in the browser...

(Ps. For more context see other recent announcement: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/114264980961483146)

#ThingUmbrella #BlockStorage #FileSystem #BlockFS #VirtualFS #CLI #TypeScript #JavaScript #OpenSource

Customizable block-based storage, adapters & file system layer

thi.ng/block-fs