Amazon S3 vs LINBIT DRBD
Amazon S3
aws.amazon.comLINBIT DRBD
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| Figure | Amazon S3 | LINBIT DRBD |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $83.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Storage Replication Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.2 (#7) |
| Replication | S3 Replication copies objects, metadata and tags within the same Region or across Regions. | The DRBD kernel driver mirrors writes to one or more peer nodes and in synchronous mode confirms completion after local and peer storage completion events. |
| Security | AWS states that S3 is private and encrypted by default and supports fine-grained access controls, compliance functions and auditing. | The DRBD 9 guide documents TLS traffic encryption for TCP transport, with connection authentication and encryption configured through tlshd and keys in /etc/tlshd.conf. |
Plans
Amazon S3
- AWS Free TierFree
- Pay as you goPrice not published
- Pay as you usePrice not published
LINBIT DRBD
- DRBD open-source community versionFree
- LINBIT Starter$1,000 a year
- LINBIT HA BasicPriced on request
- LINBIT HA EnterprisePriced on request
- LINBIT HA PlusPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service for storing, managing, analyzing, and protecting data used by data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps. Capacity adjusts as objects are added or removed, without requiring storage to be provisioned in advance. Storage classes cover frequent access, infrequent access, and archiving. Versioning preserves object versions, while Replication can copy objects to buckets in the same or different AWS Regions. Amazon Athena and Redshift Spectrum can query S3 data in place with SQL; S3 Vectors adds vector storage and querying, including integration with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Security controls include encryption for uploads, Block Public Access, and Object Lock for customer-defined retention periods. AWS documents access through its Management Console, CLI, SDKs, and REST API. S3 is listed for Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. A Free Tier is available. Pricing is usage-based, with charges varying across storage, requests, retrieval, transfer, and other features. Some archived objects have minimum storage durations of 90 or 180 days, and early deletion incurs a prorated charge.
LINBIT DRBD
LINBIT DRBD is open-source distributed replicated block storage software for Linux, used in high-availability setups. Its kernel driver mirrors writes to one or more peer nodes; in synchronous mode, a write completes only after local and peer storage completion events. Reads can be served locally without network traffic, and the data path avoids user-space components. DRBD combines the kernel driver with user-space management applications and shell scripts, and its command-line interface can manage large clusters without relying on cloud, virtualization, or container platforms. It supports TCP/IP and RDMA/Verbs transports, including InfiniBand, iWARP, and RoCE. The DRBD 9 guide documents TLS encryption for TCP transport. LINBIT also offers WinDRBD for Windows and says its subscriptions integrate with Kubernetes and other major platforms. The open-source community version is free; LINBIT Starter is $1,000 a year, starting from $1,000 for two nodes. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.