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Cheapest way of going virtual with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:19:10 +0000

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 […]

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StarWind Virtual SAN for VMware New Release – What’s New?

Vladan SEGET — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 06:54:08 +0000

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 […]

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StarWind Software Based Storage Solutions With failover and Performance-Optimized

Vladan SEGET — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:11:13 +0000

Usually, software-based solutions avoid you to spend money on additional hardware which needs maintenance, cooling and storage space. This is no different with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) which be an example for virtualization environments running VMware, Microsoft or KVM. StarWind Software Based Storage provides failover capability and is also performance-optimized. In this post, we'll talk […]

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FREE vs Paid – StarWind Virtual SAN

Vladan SEGET — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:34:00 +0000

I stumbled into an interesting document while browsing StarWind software website. The document is called Free vs Paid and it explains basically that even the Free, limited edition of StarWind Virtual SAN can be used in production environment. In case, of course, you're are IT admin with enough knowledge, and you're able to install, setup […]

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StarWind Virtual SAN Deployment Methods in VMware vSphere Environment

Vladan SEGET — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:35:44 +0000

As you know, OVF (Open Virtualization Format) helps to deploy applications by means of already configured virtual machine templates. Obviously, there are always at least two ways to solve a problem. So, if you want to deploy a virtual machine manually – be ready to spend some time for the task to be accomplished. To save […]

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