Webinar Overview
Open-source storage is a practical foundation for meeting European data sovereignty requirements in production environments with strict security and compliance needs.
Allan Jude, Klara Co-founder and Head of Solutions Architecture, is joined by Eirik Øverby, Director of Technology Operations at Entersekt, to discuss why Entersekt chose ZFS as the foundation for its storage platform and how that decision supports EU data sovereignty, security, and operational control.
This session focuses on practical architecture decisions, compliance considerations, and operational outcomes from running ZFS in production.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why Entersekt selected ZFS for its EU sovereign databases
- How open-source storage fosters control, compliance, and transparency
- Key architectural and operational decisions
- Lessons learned from running ZFS in a security sensitive environment
Date: March 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM EST
Duration: 50 minutes.
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Meet the Hosts
Co-founder and Head of Solutions Architecture at Klara Inc., Allan Jude has been on the team since the beginning. Shepherding an amazing team of developers and sysadmins, he is the technical heart of our team. A core ZFS developer, FreeBSD contributor, and co-author of FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, Allan is a community go-to person for ZFS and open source through and through. He enjoys spending his time improving ZFS, advancing FreeBSD, and making open source code better.
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Eirik Øverby is Director of Technology Operations at Entersekt, with a background in secure payment systems, including mobile payments, e-payments, and acquiring. He has experience in computer security and compliance, holds CISSP certification, and has presented on FreeBSD and security topics at conferences such as EuroBSDCon.
FAQ
Open source storage supports European data sovereignty by giving organizations full control over their infrastructure, data location, and security policies without vendor lock-in. Transparent, auditable code allows EU organizations to verify how data is handled and maintain compliance with European regulations.
Klara helps enterprises design and deploy ZFS-based storage architectures that ensure operational independence, security, and long-term control.
Vendor lock-in restricts data portability, limits transparency, and can expose organizations to foreign jurisdiction risks. When storage platforms control architecture decisions, organizations lose flexibility over where and how data is stored.
Open source storage removes these constraints by enabling infrastructure portability and independent governance. Our team helps organizations build sovereign-ready storage platforms based on open technologies.
ZFS supports compliance and security with end-to-end data integrity checks, native encryption, controlled snapshots/replication, and predictable operational behavior in production. When correctly designed, it improves resilience and auditability for regulated workloads.