Robertson Loia Roof, PC, a U.S.-based architectural firm, faced high maintenance costs and complexity with traditional SAN solutions, which were impractical for its small business needs. The company required a cost-effective shared storage solution to streamline its operations and enhance its IT capabilities. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Robertson Loia Roof, PC creates flexible, easy-to-manage storage and eliminates the complexities and high costs of traditional SAN hardware, thus ensuring consistent project delivery. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5m
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StarWind Success Story: Create easy-to-administer storage with StarWind VSAN
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VMware vSphere 8.3 Live Patch: What You Need to Know
The Live Patch feature in VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 allows for critical updates to be applied to the ESXi hypervisor without rebooting, minimizing downtime. Our latest article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind explains how this feature works, the benefits it offers, and any limitations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5j
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StarWind Success Story: Create a 2-node high availability cluster with StarWind
Domino Machine, a Canada-based manufacturer of blow-out preventers, stuffing boxes, and API products, faced significant challenges with inadequate direct server storage performance and high availability, crucial for running data-intensive workloads and maintaining business continuity. The company required a shared storage solution that would not only enhance performance but also avoid vendor lock-in and high costs. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Domino Machine achieves high-performance, synchronized data storage across nodes, ensuring data redundancy and seamless operation during server maintenance or failures, and saves approximately $50,000 in upfront costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5g
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Understanding Data Reduction: A Look at Deduplication vs Compression
Data reduction might sound technical, but it’s crucial for efficient storage. Our latest article by Daryna Havrada, StarWind Technical Support Engineer, explains data deduplication and data compression, and their role in optimizing performance. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/5a
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StarWind Success Story: Create a high-availability cluster with StarWind VSAN
Ainsworth Game Technology, a premier manufacturer of global gaming products, was running a non-clustered two-node Hyper-V environment with Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery purposes. The company faced significant limitations in implementing clustering, high availability (HA), and live migration due to the absence of shared storage. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Ainsworth Game Technology creates an HA cluster and enables live migration without the need for additional hardware, thus streamlining its IT operations and achieving substantial financial savings. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/57
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Don’t Let Data Loss Disrupt Your Business: Learn How to Stay Protected
Is your business prepared for dataloss or cyberattacks? Our latest guide by Vladislav Karaiev, a StarWind Head of Marketing, covers everything you need to know about data backup and datarecovery. From different backup methods to choosing the right solution, we've got you covered. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/54
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StarWind Success Story: Create a hyperconverged IT infrastructure with StarWind
Great Marlow School, a secondary school in Buckinghamshire, relied on Dell EqualLogic SANs that were expensive to maintain, slow, lacked scalability, and had unreliable support. This challenge created a pressing need for a more efficient and adaptable IT solution. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Great Marlow School builds a hyperconverged IT infrastructure, enhances performance, and ensures 99.99% uptime of its critical educational applications. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/51
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Discover How VMware's Latest Update Simplifies Snapshot Management
Snapshots piling up? VMware vSphere8 Update 3 has got you covered with its new auto-delete feature. Head over to our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind to see how it can help you manage your virtual machines (VMs) better. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4X
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StarWind Success Story: Establish a robust off-site backup system with StarWind
Tipton Community School Corporation faced a significant challenge with its IT infrastructure due to the lack of an off-site backup solution, leaving its critical data vulnerable to local disasters and system failures. The school corporation needed a cost-effective, efficient, and reliable solution to safeguard its data. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Tipton Community School Corporation successfully creates a cost-effective and reliable off-site backup system, significantly enhances its data protection and disaster recovery capabilities, and ensures uninterrupted access to its educational resources. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4U
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What is an All-Flash Storage Array?
All-flash storage solutions have gained tremendous popularity in recent years. But what exactly is an All-Flash Array, and what is it used for? Check out our latest article by Vladislav Karaiev, StarWind’s Head of Marketing, to learn more about the benefits and use cases of all-flash storage. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4R
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StarWind Success Story: Deploy a high-availability cluster with StarWind VSAN
Young America, a U.S.-based digital marketing company, faced significant downtime due to its standalone ESXi host's lack of redundancy, causing operational disruptions and management frustration. The company needed a cost-effective high-availability (HA) solution that could mitigate downtime risks. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Young America creates an HA cluster, eliminates the risk of site-wide failures, and ensures continuous, reliable service delivery to its clients. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4O
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Stay Updated: Alternatives to WSUS for Efficient Endpoint Management
Big changes are coming for IT admins! Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is set to deprecate driver synchronization by April 2025. What does this mean for your on-premises updates?
Explore Microsoft ’s alternatives like Intune and Windows Update for Business in the new article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4L -
StarWind Success Story: Deploy a high availability cluster with StarWind VSAN
The National Agency for Project Management (NAPM) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan required a reliable IT infrastructure to support its round-the-clock operations, but the existing system lacked network storage for VMware fault tolerance (FT) and high availability (HA) technologies. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), the NAPM creates an HA cluster, enables VMware FT and HA technologies, and ensures 24/7/365 application uptime. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4I
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Exploring NVMe-oF: 2-Node High Availability Configuration with Proxmox VE
Dive into our latest article by Vlad Savchenko, StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, where we explore the benefits of NVMe-oF and guide you through configuring High Availability cluster on Proxmox VE with NVMe-oF storage. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4F
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StarWind Success Story: Create a fault-tolerant cluster around StarWind VSAN
Benny D’Angelo Transport, a Canada-based transport company, faced a challenge with a slow IT infrastructure performance and frequent crashes with its iSCSI QNAP NAS, causing significant downtime and operational disruptions. The company required a cost-effective shared storage solution to create a fault-tolerant cluster. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Benny D’Angelo Transport integrates its existing 10 servers into a fast, reliable network with comprehensive failover protection, thus boosting the infrastructure's reliability and performance and significantly improving overall operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4C
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VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3: Essential Improvements Explained
Learn about the new features in VMware vSphere 8 Update 3. This update includes dual DPU support, enhanced #CPU functionality, and the efficient vSphere Live Patch.
Discover how these improvements can optimize your IT operations in the new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for #StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4z -
StarWind Success Story: Create a high availability cluster with StarWind VSAN
The National Archives of Estonia, a government agency, had an outdated IT infrastructure, reliant on a traditional storage array, EMC AX4-5F, which lacked scalability and high availability (HA). Acquiring new traditional storage seemed financially burdensome, so the organization sought a cost-effective yet robust solution to address its challenges. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), the National Archives of Estonia deploys a 2-node HA cluster and enhances efficiency and reliability, thus ensuring the secure and reliable storage of its historical records. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4w
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Choosing the Right Hypervisor: VMware, Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, or KVM?
Trying to decide which virtualization plalform best suits your enterprise needs? Our latest article by Alex Khorolets, a Technical Support Engineer, for #StarWind pits the leading hypervisors against each other. Explore how #VMware, #HyperV, #AzureStackHCI, and #KVM stack up in terms of performance, cost, and features. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4t
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StarWind Success Story: Create a highly available infrastructure with StarWind
Vipa Group, a global merchandiser of recyclable materials, faced critical risks due to the absence of high availability (HA) in its standalone ESXi infrastructure. To address its challenges, the company required an affordable yet highly effective storage solution. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Vipa Group builds an HA IT infrastructure, increases redundancy and reliability without breaking the bank, and ensures uninterrupted operations critical for managing the intricate logistics of its global supply chain. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/4p
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How to Backup Proxmox? With and without Veeam
Ready to explore effective backup strategies for Proxmox VE? Join our webinar to discover the native Proxmox Backup Server and future support from Veeam. Learn about network configuration, security measures, and more. Register now: https://starwind.com/s/4j