What’s the difference between vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter? These three technologies are often used together but serve very different purposes.
Learn from our new guide by Vladyslav Savchenko for StarWind how they fit into the VMware ecosystem and what role each plays in building a modern virtualization environment. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yz

If your business relies on mission-critical applications, inconsistent data isn’t an option. #SQLServer replication keeps #databases synchronized across servers for #HighAvailability, #disasterrecovery, and performance offloading.
Discover the types, setup steps, and best practices in our latest complete overview by Ivan Ischenko for #StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yw

Take One Systems, Inc., a U.S.-based IT company, faced a risk of data loss in its Hyper-V cluster because asynchronous replication through Hyper-V Replica or Veeam could not ensure fully up-to-date copies. The company required a storage solution that delivered active-active synchronization to eliminate replication gaps and maintain data integrity across nodes. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Take One Systems, Inc. creates active-active redundant storage, prevents data loss, and ensures continuous availability of its mission-critical workloads. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yt

Want a clean, local-only setup on Windows 11 25H2? You can still bypass the mandatory Microsoft Account using a few proven methods. Our latest guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind walks you through every option step by step. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yq

Baker Group, a U.S.-based provider of building and industrial system solutions, relied on standalone Hyper-V servers with Microsoft Failover Clustering but lacked shared storage. The company needed a reliable, flexible, and cost-effective way to enable shared storage without replacing its existing hardware stack. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Baker Group converts local storage into a shared pool for a Hyper-V cluster, gains seamless scalability and simplified infrastructure management, and unlocks significant long-term cost savings. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yn

Curious about testing Microsoft ’s latest server OS in a virtual lab? Our new step-by-step guide by Karim Buzdar, an IT Engineer & Linux Expert, for StarWind shows how to install Windows Server 2025 on Proxmox VE 8, configure VirtIO drivers, enable RDP, and finalize the setup. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yk

UCLouvain, a leading Belgian university, faced growing expenses tied to proprietary SAN systems and traditional tape handling while trying to keep backups reliable and efficient in its Hyper-V and KVM environments. The university needed a cost-effective backup solution that could emulate tape libraries and improve recovery times. By deploying StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), UCLouvain emulates physical tape libraries on existing commodity hardware, enabling reliable backup, faster recovery, and seamless integration with its Hyper-V and KVM environments while reducing storage costs and simplifying infrastructure management. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/yd

As IoT and real-time apps grow, centralized data centers can’t keep up. With over 75% of enterprise data expected to be created at the edge by the end of 2025, Edge Storage is becoming essential.
Learn from our latest article by Roman Bitsiuk for StarWind, how bringing data processing closer to the source reduces latency, saves bandwidth, and keeps operations resilient. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ya

Windows Updates used to mean multi-gigabyte downloads and long installs. With Enablement Packages, most of the code is already in place, and a small file simply turns it on.
Our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind walks through where this model came from and how it’s used in versions like Windows 11. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y7

CoolNiao, a China-based IT company, had a VMware vSphere infrastructure with servers and hardware storage that could not provide more than three copies of VM data, risking business continuity. The company required a cost-efficient storage solution capable of maintaining multiple redundant VM data copies without relying on expensive additional hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), CoolNiao replaces the legacy storage, deploys a high-availability cluster, and maintains the necessary data copies while ensuring resilience and zero downtime. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y4

American Data Technology, Inc. (ADTI), a provider of physical and virtual hosting services, relied on local storage for its VMware-based infrastructure, which caused scalability limits, performance bottlenecks, complex management, and no redundancy. The company required a cost-effective shared storage solution that delivered enterprise-class performance and ease of management without overspending on unnecessary features. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), ADTI achieves scalable, redundant, and high-performance shared storage for its VMware infrastructure and ensures reliable operations, simplified management, and significant cost savings. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xy

Today’s Graphics Processing Units are behind everything – from 3D graphics to AI training and scientific research. Explore the basics of GPU architecture and how it all works in our latest comprehensive guide by Ivan Ischenko for aStarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y1

Need more than the default Proxmox dashboard? Our new guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind walks you through three community-recommended tools that deliver insights, alerts, and clean reports without overcomplicating your setup. Installation steps are included so you can start right away. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xv

Advanced Consulting Enterprises, Inc., a U.S. IT services provider, struggled with a VMware-based infrastructure lacking redundancy and prone to frequent downtime and performance bottlenecks. The company required a simple, scalable, and affordable way to enhance resiliency and eliminate single points of failure without investing in complex SAN hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Advanced Consulting Enterprises, Inc. creates a highly available (HA), high-performance storage environment and achieves improved infrastructure resiliency and scalability, while reducing costs and complexity. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xs

Running Proxmox VE 8 in production or homelab? Version 9 is a solid upgrade, that comes with major performance boosts, better Ceph integration, improved HA clustering, and enhanced storage management.
But before you hit that Proxmox VE 9 upgrade button, make sure you’ve handled your backups, repository changes, and compatibility checks. Our step-by-step guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind explains every command you need from start to finish. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xp

Red Road Networks LLC, a U.S.-based IT services provider, had a single Microsoft Hyper-V host with direct-attached storage (DAS) that lacked clustering and redundancy, risking downtime from both planned and unplanned outages. The company required a cost-effective way to achieve near-zero downtime for its client company without the expense and complexity of traditional shared storage. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Red Road Networks LLC builds a 2-node Hyper-V failover cluster, ensuring high availability (HA) and minimal maintenance and reducing both capital and maintenance costs for its client company. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xm

Parity RAID is still one of the best ways to balance cost, performance, and redundancy. But the real question in 2025 isn’t how RAID works, it’s whether RAID 5 is still safe or if RAID 6 should be the new default.
Our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko for StarWind explains how rebuild times, URE risk, and drive size impact reliability, so you know when single parity is fine and when dual parity is essential. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xj

That yellow warning in VMware vSphere isn’t harmless – ignored consolidation issues can tank performance and even break your backups.
In our latest guide by Ivan Ischenko for StarWind, we explain why this happens and walk you through the fastest ways to resolve it. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xg

Rodillian Multi Academy Trust, a UK-based network of schools, struggled with outdated, unsupported hardware and fragmented domains across multiple schools, making centralized management and future growth unfeasible. The Trust required a resilient, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure to centralize its IT services and support organizational expansion. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Rodillian Multi Academy Trust modernizes and centralizes its IT infrastructure, achieving improved performance, resilience, and scalability and enabling reliable delivery of digital learning tools and administrative services. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xd

Kubernetes is great at scaling apps, but it doesn’t natively protect Persistent Data. Databases, queues, and analytics workloads need reliable backups.
Our latest guide by Marius Sandbu, a cloud-native and end-user computing expert, for StarWind explains the risks, shows why Veeam Kasten is essential, and walks you through setting it up in Azure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xa