Running a company heavily reliant on IT services and wondering how to improve business continuity? Our new article explains the key differences between High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) and will help you choose the right IT resilience strategy.
Read the detailed HA vs. FT guide by StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer Oleg Pankevych.
PROJECT Investment Group, a Germany-based real estate company, faced issues with slow and aging DataCore storage, along with high operational costs. The company required a solution to improve performance and reduce expenses. By adopting StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) and transitioning to a hyperconverged infrastructure, PROJECT Investment Group achieves significant cost savings, enhances storage performance, and ensures future scalability, while also planning to extend the solution to its DR location.
Looking for a powerful network monitoring tool to keep your data center running smoothly? Datacenter admins, this one's for you - Observium Community Edition, an open-source tool. Discover how Observium simplifies network monitoring, offering real-time insights, automatic device discovery, scalability, and more.
Find out in the new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind.
Hotels Unlimited, a U.S.-based hospitality company, faced the challenge of insufficient redundancy and the need to separately scale storage and compute resources within its Dell Servers and Hyper-V-based infrastructure. The company needed a comprehensive storage solution that would provide data redundancy. By leveraging StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Hotels Unlimited establishes highly available storage within its IT infrastructure, ensures data redundancy, and simplifies resource scaling, thereby enhancing system reliability and operational efficiency.
Security, privacy, and performance have always been a priority for many businesses even over the limitless scalability offered by the cloud.
Join us for a new video, on how to transform two on-prem VMware vSphere hosts into a bulletproof high availability cluster for improved cost-effectiveness, high VM performance, and enhanced security, in 5 easy steps.
Only two days left to join our data protection webinar! Learn how to fend off ransomware and build a bulletproof backup solution for your business.
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Learn what V2V is, why it matters, and how it works. Check out reasons for migration, hot vs. cold migration, and tools like StarWind V2V Converter.
Read a comprehensive guide to V2V technology by StarWind Solutions Engineer Diana Abo-Harmush.
The Greenwich Board of Education, the governing body of an American school district, encountered the challenge of scheduling downtime for updates and maintenance on standalone hypervisors with DAS, causing disruptions and operational inefficiencies. Implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) allowed for hardware reuse, seamless compatibility with Hyper-V, and simplified infrastructure management, the Greenwich Board of Education ensures uninterrupted operation, eliminates service outages and enhances overall system availability.
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Big News from Microsoft! Introducing Windows 11 23H2: AI Copilot, a revamped File Explorer, seamless OneDrive integration, lightning-fast Nearby Sharing, widget customization, dynamic RGB controls, and native RAR/7z support.
Dive into the article by Brandon Lee, an IT consultant, for StarWind to explore all these features and more.
Children’s Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, faced the lack of a reliable and efficient method for restoring virtual machines (VMs) in the event of Hyper-V host failures on its standalone servers. The organization required a solution that would enable quick failover and minimize service disruptions. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Children’s Institute establishes an automated failover mechanism, ensures seamless VM recovery during Hyper-V host failures, significantly reducing downtime and enhancing the overall reliability of its IT infrastructure.
Secure your backups against ransomware! Join our next webinar to discover how to build a ransomware-proof backup solution for your business.
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Consult Hyperion, an independent strategic and technical consultancy, faced the challenge of updating its infrastructure, which was composed of individual servers, and needed a solution to consolidate resources and enhance reliability for its virtualized environment. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Consult Hyperion seamlessly merges storage and compute resources, improves system dependability, streamlines IT infrastructure management, and enhances business productivity and operational fluidity.
Explore storage protocols with our performance benchmarking series! In Part 1, we configured NFS, and now, Part 2 dives deep into iSCSI configuration. Which protocol is your best fit for virtual infrastructure?
Find out in the new article by Dmitriy Dolgiy, a freelance storage consultant for StarWind.
Quick Bridge Funding, LLC, a U.S.-based financial services firm, faced the challenge of ensuring high availability (HA) and shared storage for its ESXi cluster, necessitating a robust solution. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Quick Bridge Funding establishes a highly resilient and efficient infrastructure that meets its HA and shared storage requirements seamlessly and ensures uninterrupted business operations.
At the Explore 2023 conference, VMware dropped some major updates about VMware vSphere 8 Update 2. Get ready for improved virtualization with features like VM Hardware Version 21, GPU-Aware Load Balancing, Expanded DPU Support, and more.
Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind to stay ahead in tech.
Backups are crucial in today's digital world. Ever wondered how exactly backups work and why it matters?
Read the new article by Diana Abo-Harmush, StarWind Solutions Engineer, to learn more about backup types and when to choose which.
Pekao Financial Services, a Polish financial institution, faced the challenge of lacking a storage replication system in its IT infrastructure, coupled with the high cost and limited flexibility of traditional storage solutions. The company sought a solution that could seamlessly integrate with its VMware vSphere environment and utilize its existing hardware. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Pekao Financial Services strengthens its IT infrastructure, ensures data replication, high availability, and scalability, which translated into substantial cost savings and improved overall efficiency.
DERMA E, a U.S.-based skincare company, was challenged by an outdated IT infrastructure, lacking failover capabilities and compatibility with the latest hypervisor version. The company needed a solution to ensure data reliability and uninterrupted operations. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), DERMA E creates a hyperconverged infrastructure, significantly improves failover capabilities, minimizes downtime, and ensures long-term operational efficiency.