# LINSTOR Reviews **Vendor:** LINBIT **Category:** [Disaster Recovery Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/disaster-recovery) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 6 ## About LINSTOR LINSTOR® makes building, running and controlling block storage for containers simple. Managing persistent block storage systems can be much easier now with our certified operator built for OpenShift, Kubernetes and Linux server clusters. Access a verity of high availability and disaster recovery features also built natively into the solution. Save engineering time by eliminating manual resource configuration while enabling top-level views of your clusters. ## LINSTOR Reviews ### 1. Simple, robust distributed storage for the cloud and on-premise **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2020 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** I find LINSTOR simple and easy to set up and use, and robust in day to day operations. I find that it "just works", and that latest versions of the software are really a kind of "set and forget" system - you really can just set it up and let it run, and there really isn't a lot else to know. Initial setup is a fairly big task, but I find that Linbit staff are extremely knowledgeable and helpful, and I have never had any hesitation in recommending them to clients and/or potential clients. **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** I find on Linux it gets confusing about which are the official drivers, and which are the ones provided with the Linux distribution. Mixing these can cause variable results, and the documentation sometimes required a bit of wading through to get to the point. A bit more in the way of quick start guides would be valuable. Feedback I get from clients is that the price is too high when compared to other products - for example when compared to the cost of subscriptions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, LINSTOR seems highly priced. **Recommendations to others considering LINSTOR:** New LINSTOR installations should not be taken lightly - they do need to be well planned, and do ensure you get the backup of a VAR or other partner that knows the product well. Once this is done, with Linbit behind you, it should be plain sailing. **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Redundancy and high availability of data - this for me has been the biggest use of LINSTOR - making data available on two separate nodes without the need for expensive SAN hardware or software stacks. It is highly capable when it comes to seemless data replication, especially within a local network environment, but has the capability to work well over a WAN link too! ### 2. Solid, fast storage for kubernetes. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2020 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** Solid, durable storage solution for kubernetes. We are currently using it as a persistent storage for our database backed web applications. Great, responsive customer support they have been beside us throughout our implementation. **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** No read write many storage option for kubernetes. But after working with solutions that offer this ability. The sacrifice of speed would not be worth this option. **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Fast, solid storage for kubernetes. We needed a solution for our on premise cluster that allowed for speed and durability for our mission critical web applications ### 3. Pretty good experience using linstor **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shanwaz M. | System Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2020 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** I found LINSTOR to be simple and easy to use **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** I didn't find anything particular about LINSTOR that I dislike **Recommendations to others considering LINSTOR:** It's good **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using for integration with kubernetes. Like how all components are packaged as docker containers ### 4. Best recovery platform **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jithin p. | System Network Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2020 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** User interface where the new user can easily get into the application **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** Some of the features are hidden I mean the icon **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** Basically we are using for disaster recovery ### 5. Excellent Product-Quality-Scalability-Support => Trust **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Walter L. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 22, 2020 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** It is a robust, scalable and priced solution that makes it clearly an option for our customers. **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** We have no disagreement, thanks to the level of development and quality with which LINBIT develops its products. **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** High and very good ROI with a great TCO. I am convinced that it is an excellent alternative for LATAM clients. ### 6. Average software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rob J. | Partner, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 29, 2018 **What do you like best about LINSTOR?** I appreciated how user friendly this software was to use. There were no issues with navigating. **What do you dislike about LINSTOR?** When it comes to Customer service, there are some areas of opportunity when it comes to assertiveness. **What problems is LINSTOR solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were using this software to help our analytics - [View LINSTOR pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/linstor/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-21+08%3A47%3A20+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7a378d63-d936-4b2a-bdd2-8b3e60212578&secure%5Btoken%5D=40c1388757fbed84ae304385245feba4706c27edfca5d154923539ea370e4259&format=llm_user) ## LINSTOR Features **Functionality** - On Premises Recovery - Cloud Recovery - Prior State Recovery - Recovery Automation - Replication **Management** - Local Management - Infrastructure Compatibility - Solution Integration - Real-Time Analytics - RTO and RPO Management **Agentic AI - Disaster Recovery** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top LINSTOR Alternatives - [CyberSentriq](https://www.g2.com/products/cybersentriq/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (375 reviews) - [IDrive Online and SaaS Backup, Object Storage e2](https://www.g2.com/products/idrive-online-and-saas-backup-object-storage-e2/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (1,912 reviews) - [Acronis Cyber Protect](https://www.g2.com/products/acronis-acronis-cyber-protect/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (657 reviews)