An off-the-shelf stack does not fit
Metadata, resilience, data-model or performance requirements demand a custom component.
Storage and data protection
Storage components and OS-level data protection
Block layer, RAID/EC, snapshots, recovery, transparent encryption, access control and auditing as part of an existing product.
Problems addressed
When an off-the-shelf storage stack does not fit
Recovery is not robust under failure
The product needs correct degraded-mode, rebuild, crash-consistency and integrity behavior.
Protection must be application-independent
Access policy, encryption and auditing must apply below the user process.
Scope of responsibility
Scope I can take ownership of
- BIO, virtual block devices, RAID and erasure coding
- thin provisioning, copy-on-write snapshots, metadata and recovery
- SSD/NVMe write path, SPDK and latency analysis
- file/disk filters, transparent encryption and policy caching
- fail-safe behavior, bypass protection and asynchronous auditing
First engagement
A practical starting point
Technical assessment
Architecture, risks, bottlenecks and a validation plan.
Performance cycle
Baseline, profiling, changes and repeated measurement.
Hypothesis validation
A working critical-path prototype and full implementation estimate.
Minimum paid engagement: 3 business days, from RUB 200,000 or the equivalent in another currency. After a short introductory call, scope, deliverables, validation method and price are fixed.
Engagement model
KernelSoft is an independent expert practice
Maxim personally owns architecture, critical code, diagnostics and final technical review. Additional engineers or domain specialists are involved only by customer agreement, with roles and accountability defined in advance.
28+years
60+patents
14years at Acronis
2,400+citations
Discuss the project
Describe the problem, current implementation and target outcome
Include the platform, what already exists, where the problem occurs, the target load and the acceptance criterion. This is enough to choose a sensible first stage and validation method.
Target response time: one business dayNext: a short introduction → an NDA if needed → agreement on the first stage.