TFS Buying Ltd, a UK-based retail company, faced significant risks to business continuity due to reliance on a single SQL database server without a backup. The need for a robust, cost-efficient backup system was critical to ensure the seamless operation of the company's IT infrastructure. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), TFS Buying Ltd establishes an SQL failover cluster that replicates data between two server rooms, ensures data availability and system reliability, and saves £60k on initial costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6F

We’re back with Part 2 of our HCI comparison series by Volodymyr Khrystenko, a StarWind Solution Architect, focusing on NVMe over RDMA performance in HyperV environments. Discover how StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) and Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) stack up in real-world scenarios, check out the performance results, and see which one stands out in high-performance storage. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6A

Double Fine Productions, a US-based IT & Services company, was struggling with its DAS and VMware ESXi infrastructure, which severely limited performance and prolonged restore times. They needed a resilient and high-performing IT infrastructure for efficient operations. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Double Fine Productions achieves faster server performance, efficient load balancing, and quicker backups, thus ensuring uninterrupted game development operations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6u

Want to make the most of your Proxmox VE? Learn how to configure a Ceph storage with our comprehensive guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind. This free, open-source solution can greatly improve your system’s resilience and scalability. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6o

Prime Advisors, Inc., a US-based investment management firm, was struggling with an aging and costly SAN-based storage system. The firm needed a solution that would not only reduce costs but also provide more flexibility in managing its infrastructure to align with evolving business needs. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Prime Advisors, Inc. consolidates the compute and storage environment, increases storage flexibility, reduces maintenance windows, and cuts its IT operational expenses (OPEX). Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6r

A failed VM doesn’t have to mean lost data. Explore 5 methods to access and recover the data stored in a VMDK file, using both built-in VMware tools and third-party solutions, from our new article by Kevin Soltow, a Storage Consultant, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6l

Flagler County Schools, a Florida-based educational institution, faced budgetary constraints with its Nutanix infrastructure. With a limited budget, it was essential to find a more cost-effective solution without compromising performance. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Flagler County Schools move to hyperconvergence, ensure the high infrastructure performance and reliability required to support their faculty and students, and facilitate better resource allocation for school-wide improvements. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6i

Are your MDM policies taking too long to update? Microsoft has introduced Config Refresh, a feature that lets you refresh policies more frequently, bringing it closer to the performance of Group Policy. Discover in the new article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind, how this can streamline your cloud management. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6f

RAL Space, a British space research institution, relied on a traditional SAN-based vSphere cluster infrastructure, which posed single points of failure and the need for manual failover during issues. It required a cost-effective and scalable shared storage solution to improve infrastructure performance and operational efficiency. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), RAL Space deploys a 3-node stretched cluster with automatic high availability (HA), eliminates single points of failure and manual intervention, and significantly improves reliability and scalability, thus ensuring the continuity of its ongoing research projects. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/6c

Wadebridge School, an England-based educational institution, faced significant issues with an obsolete and costly HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance that had no room for storage expansion. The school required a cost-effective and efficient solution that wouldn't disrupt ongoing operations. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Wadebridge School adds needed storage capacity, and provides a more stable, manageable, and scalable storage infrastructure, thus ensuring the continuity of its educational projects. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/69

Defining and maintaining realistic RTO and RPO targets can make all the difference. Learn from the new PeerSpot article for StarWind how businesses use these key metrics, and see which solutions can minimize downtime and data loss. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/66

How do you ensure your VMware vSphere datastores are running at peak performance? Benchmarking tools are a great way to assess and optimize your storage infrastructure. In our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind we discuss three tools that can provide valuable insights into your datastore performance. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/63

Garland Power & Light, a US-based energy and utilities company, faced significant challenges with its existing IT infrastructure, which struggled to deliver shared storage necessary for efficient operations. It needed a robust solution capable of integrating seamlessly with its compute and storage separated scenario. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Garland Power & Light builds a high-performing virtual storage pool accessible by multiple compute nodes simultaneously, improves resource utilization, enhances performance, and simplifies IT management. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/60

Navigating advanced RAID configurations can be challenging. In Part 2 of our RAID series by Vlad Karaiev, StarWind's Head of Marketing, we dive into RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, and RAID 60, breaking down their pros, cons, and best use cases. New to data storage? This guide is your go-to resource. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5X

Explore a detailed performance comparison of Microsoft S2D and StarWind VSAN on Hyper-V. Check out the in-depth benchmark results in the latest article by Volodymyr Khrystenko for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5U

FAFCO, a US-based energy and utilities company, struggled with frequent production disruptions due to server downtime. The company wanted to ensure that its services could remain operational even in the event of hardware failures, minimizing downtime and improving overall efficiency. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), they achieved the redundancy needed to keep their production running even if half of their hardware fails. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5R

Southwest Waste Services LLC, a U.S.-based recycling and collection company, faced inefficiencies and complexities with its traditional 3-tier IT infrastructure using ESXi hypervisor. The company required a solution that could modernize and simplify its IT infrastructure while seamlessly integrating with the existing ESXi environment to enhance performance and scalability. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Southwest Waste Services LLC builds a hyperconverged infrastructure, achieves scalability, reduces operational overheads, and streamlines its business operations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5O

Serenity Insurance, a U.S.-based auto insurance company, was struggling with a single Dell PowerEdge T610 aging server that couldn’t provide the necessary infrastructure redundancy. They needed a more robust and resilient IT infrastructure to meet their growing demands. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Serenity Insurance achieves a seamless transition to a failover cluster, builds a redundant IT infrastructure, and eliminates a single point of failure (SPOF) issue, thus ensuring business operations 24/7. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5K

Got an ‘unsupported hardware’ error when installing Windows 11? No worries, explore our latest article by Vlad Karaiev, StarWind’s Head of Marketing, on how to bypass TPM and RAM checks for a hassle-free Windows 11 installation. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5L

Ventoy is making life easier for IT administrators everywhere. This open-source tool lets you create bootable USB drives without the usual hassle. Discover its key features and benefits in our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5E