🔔 Agenda Preview:
Doors: 18:30
Event Starts: 19:00
🔹 Talk 1: "LINSTOR Is Like Kubernetes, But for Block Devices"
Speaker: Andrei Kvapil, Founder of The Ænix, Cloud & Kubernetes Solutions Architect
An open-source storage from LINBIT (maintainers of DRBD). It’s fast and fault-tolerant, has a lot of features. It looks like Kubernetes but for block devices. How does it work? How to configure and debug it?
In this presentation, you will get acquainted with LINSTOR, an open-source storage from LINBIT (maintainers of DRBD).
The DRBDv9 changed course from “one large fault-tolerant device for all” to “separate DRBD devices per virtual machines”. Now it supports diskless replicas, snapshots, encryption and much more. Everything can be orchestrated via Kubernetes-like API.
🔹 Talk 2: "Power to the Cluster: Self-Hosting in the Real World"
Speaker: David Leimroth, Backend Developer at Semrush
Why run Kubernetes on your own hardware in 2025? For control, compliance, or cost-but what trade-offs await? In this talk, David will share lessons from managing on-prem clusters: The pitfalls of networking, storage, and upgrades, the myths of “high availability,” and how disaster recovery can turn into disaster without careful planning.
We’ll explore not just how to set up clusters, but how not to-like overcomplicating setups and underestimating maintenance
⚡ Why Attend?
✔ Learn directly from practitioners working on the frontlines of self-hosting, Kubernetes, and storage automation
✔ Get insights into real-world challenges of on-prem cloud infrastructure
✔ Dive into open-source tools shaping the next generation of scalable infrastructure
✔ Network with fellow engineers and share war stories over snacks and drinks
