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Longhorn: Intro, Deep Dive and Q&A - David Ko & Divya Mohan, SUSE

30:44 · 23 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026 · YouTube

About this talk

This talk covers Longhorn, a cloud-native, distributed block storage solution built on Kubernetes that supports both container and VM workloads. The speakers, David Ko and Divya Mohan from SUSE, provide an overview of Longhorn's current project status, highlighting key features from the latest release, including the V2 data engine that enhances I/O performance. They explore the technical architecture and design principles of Longhorn, discuss its future roadmap, and engage in a detailed Q&A session with the audience. Longhorn, which was accepted as an incubating project by the CNCF in November 2021, is actively progressing towards graduation.