Robert Altnoeder
Principal Architect at LINBIT
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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RockstarRobert Altnoeder is a Principal Architect based in Vienna with 12+ years of experience designing and operating resilient Linux and storage infrastructures. At LINBIT he focuses on high-performance, software-defined block storage and has contributed backend improvements to the LINSTOR server—optimizing DRBD state tracking, volume properties, and connection logic for container and cloud environments. His background spans datacenter operations, IBM zSeries support, and Linux HA, giving him a pragmatic systems-engineering mindset that bridges low-level reliability concerns with scalable cloud-native architectures. Known for meticulous backend work, he blends hands-on troubleshooting with architectural vision to keep distributed storage systems predictable under real-world loads.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
javas10
storage10
filesystem10
java10
back-end-development9
state-management9
code-optimization8
testing6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LINBIT/linstor-server
Nov 2016 - May 2022
High Performance Software-Defined Block Storage for container, cloud and virtualisation. Fully integrated with Docker, Kubernetes, Openstack, Proxmox etc.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:813 commits, 1 push, 78 comments in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Robert's contributions focused on improving the core logic of the LINSTOR server. The commits demonstrate a focus on fixing and optimizing DRBD-related logic, including enhancing state tracking for resources, volumes, and connections. The user also addressed code style issues and ensured that specific properties were set for volumes on the satellite. These changes point to expertise in storage solutions and back-end development within the context of a software-defined block storage system.
operatorhybrid-cloudstoragevirtualisationcloudnative
raltnoeder/cppdsaext
Mar 2016 - Sep 2021
Contributions:28 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 6 months
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