One of the very popular “Flings”, a free utility from VMware Labs got an update recently. One of the interesting updates is support of Windows Server 2019 and also two new templates for Windows 10. The VMware OS Optimization Tool (OSOT) is a powerful utility that we have already reviewed on this blog several times, […]
StarWind VSAN has a high level of customization
I don’t think that I have to re-introduce StarWind company to our readers. Their software solutions were simple but effective for many years. Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions are also provided by StarWind and since this year they are also present in the Magic Quadrant by Gartner. Gartner’s study says that “StarWind VSAN offers a high […]
VMware vSphere 6.7 U3b Released
VMware has released a new update vSphere 6.7 U3b. In this release there are no new features, however many bugfixes and security patches has been implemented. The Photon OS used for vCenter server appliance has many security patches included. ESXi has some patches as well. This patch updates the esx-base, esx-update, vsan, and vsanhealth VIBs […]
Cheapest way of going virtual with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)
Very small shops and often hesitate to go virtual and stay on physical servers. Usually it’s because they only have and need a single physical server. But when a disaster strikes and the server is down, then there is usually long time before the users can connect and work again. In this post we will […]
Download Free Load Balancer for VMware vSphere
Today’s free download is provided by Kemp Technologies. They offer a free load balancer for different virtualization platforms – VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VirtualBox or Citrix XenServer. The free product has some limitations of course, but still, it’s free. And if you like it you can upgrade as you’ll be all ready familiar […]
StarWind VSAN Graceful Shutdown and PowerChute Configuration
In any virtualization environment, avoiding power outages is crucial. And if there is a power outage, make sure that your UPS is supported by VMware and StarWind VSAN. One of those is APC Smart-UPS which is able to perform a StarWind VSAN graceful shutdown, as well as all the VMs running within the infrastructure. Then […]
StarWind Virtual SAN Best Practices
Every software solution has its own best practices. Admins must follow those best practices for VMware, Microsoft or other vendors and all software solutions including software-defined storage solutions, do have their best practices. Today we’ll be talking about StarWind Virtual SAN Best Practices. As you know, StarWind Virtual SAN has been for a while and […]
StarWind Virtual SAN for VMware New Release – What’s New?
There is a new release of a popular software-defined storage solution from StarWind. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) is a software-based storage solution using local disks in each host to create a pool of shared storage visible by all hosts within the cluster. StarWind VSAN is the most cost-effective solution where you can lose one node […]
Top 5 Backup Solutions for Physical Servers
There is a lot of backup solutions for the virtual environment such as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V, but not all provide a possibility to backup Physical Servers as well. In this post, I will list some of them which I know, but it will be no mean an exhaustive and detailed feature-listing of backup […]
What Is StarWind HA and How it Works?
A very fundamental feature of StarWind Virtual SAN is High Availability (HA) which maintains the data in sync. In this post, we’ll talk about What is StarWind HA and how it works. The fact that StarWind HA only needs two hosts to stay in sync connected even without a switch (supported scenarios) makes this a […]
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