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StarWind VSAN for VMware – New Build Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 13, 2020

StarWind keeps updating its core product – StarWind VSAN for VMware. For the VMware version, StarWind VSAN uses a Linux appliance that has been updated with the latest Linux Kernel and while most of the updates were small fixes only, there are also some new features such as an option to use the SMB share […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Featured, Server Virtualization

Zerto 8.5 Released – Test it out!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 10, 2020

Zerto 8.5 went out recently after the announcement a couple of weeks back. We have covered the new features and functions in our detailed post here, but let’s just recap the principal updates. Zerto’s updates have been solid recently and the original replication software is now much better positioned as data protection for workloads in […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Zerto 8.5

What are StarWind OEM Solutions?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 4, 2020

StarWind Virtual SAN

If you’re a regular reader of ESX Virtualization Blog, you know probably that StarWind VSAN is highly available storage for VMware or Microsoft hypervisors and other great software products and tools. What you might don’t know is the fact that StarWind has also an OEM offering which might be your interest if you run a […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind OEM Solutions

Green IT TAB in DC Scope – New!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 2, 2020

It’s been several days since this information came to me, however, I haven’t had my post ready just yet. So that is a completely new feature of DCScope that we’ll see some insight about, in this post. Green IT is a new tab within the UI of DC Scope (get a free trial here) If […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Server Virtualization Tagged With: DC Scope

Innovative data backup with intelligent storage systems

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 22, 2020

Backup software is usually running on a backup server which is usually a dedicated machine, even though, a VM can also be used with the backup software installed inside. There are some pros and cons to run backup software in a VM. One of the most important ones is the fact that you should always […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization

StarWind VSAN as a truly fault-tolerant virtual storage pool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 19, 2020

StarWind 3 Nodes Replication

StarWind VSAN uses synchronous replication between nodes. It means that VSAN immediately copies data to the second node over the network to ensure instant failover for your mission-critical applications. StarWind VSAN can be deployed on any commodity hardware that you already have. You’ll leverage the internal disks in each host and create a shared storage […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind VSAN

How To Harden a backup repository on Windows

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 12, 2020

Replace Security Permissions

Admins need to protect their data. More than before. With the multiplication of ransomware attacks, there must be a way to effectively protect your data, your VMs or your whole company as such because, without data, any company is nothing today. In this post, we’ll discuss how to harden a backup repository on Windows. Imagine […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization Tagged With: harden backup repository

How to Manage Your VMware vSphere Environment with PowerShell

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 9, 2020

How to Manage Your VMware vSphere Environment with PowerShell

There is a new webinar that might be your interest if you’re not very strong in PowerShell. The webinar is called How To Manage Your VMware vSphere Environment with PowerShell and it’s organized by StarWind. You’ll be able to learn how to automate, simplify, and speed up your daily vSphere activities. The webinar is organized […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to Manage Your VMware vSphere Environment with PowerShell

Free License of StarWind VSAN from StarWind for IT pros – check whether you can apply

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 9, 2020

At StarWind, they offer a free license of their product, StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN). This license is not for sale (NFR) version of their product which can be used by IT pros for demos and lab environments. Students, vExperts, Microsoft MVPs, but also all certified people from both Microsoft and (or) VMware can apply. So […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Free License of StarWind VSAN

Download vSphere 7.0 U1 – GA is now available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware has released the long-awaited VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 GA code. You can download Download vSphere 7.0 U1 now. The release is a major vSphere release since the 7.0 release already packed in with features. Most of you already know that the vSphere 7.0 U1 can run Tanzu Kubernetes Grid side by side with VMs […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vSphere 7 U1 download

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