https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/distributed-systems/Recent content in Distributed-Systems on Pi StackHugoen-usSat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/self-hosted-distributed-locking-etcd-zookeeper-consul-redis-guide-2026/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/self-hosted-distributed-locking-etcd-zookeeper-consul-redis-guide-2026/<p>When multiple services need coordinated access to a shared resource, a distributed lock is the answer. Whether you&rsquo;re running scheduled jobs across <a href="https://kubernetes.io/">kubernetes</a> pods, managing leader election in a microservices cluster, or preventing double-processing in a distributed queue, picking the right locking primitive matters.</p>https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/ceph-vs-glusterfs-vs-moosefs-distributed-file-storage-2026/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/ceph-vs-glusterfs-vs-moosefs-distributed-file-storage-2026/<p>When your data outgrows a single server, you face a critical infrastructure decision: how do you store files across multiple machines without sacrificing reliability, performance, or your budget? Commercial cloud storage is expensive at scale, and single-disk solutions create single points of failure.</p>