@kooler
Hello everyone!
Let me add some insides about StarWind VSA since I am with StarWind for some time:)
As it was mentioned already by @kooler right now our development team works on the next release of StarWind VSA. The main focus at the moment is VMware and KVM - thus we will get HyperConverged setup with KVM and StarWind!
Stay tuned!

@doyler3000

@doyler3000 said in Hyper-V replication, Starwind, or something else?:

@obsolesce said in Hyper-V replication, Starwind, or something else?:

May be better to to go with SW's Appliance then, if the cost comparison makes sense.

It makes the choice between a) getting the appliance and b) getting the hardware myself and buying the Starwind VSAN stuff myself, very easy. The appliance is much better value.

But buying the hardware (2 nodes) myself and just putting a free Hypervisor on there (Hyper-V or KVM) with replication would save a decent whack of money..

By default, HyperConverged Appliance comes with 180 days evaluation Windows server license, thus you can start from it now and then complete Windows licensing later. Alternatively, you can switch to Linux-based StarWind VSA when it will be ready.
So, you will save money, you still will have a ProActive support provided by StarWind professionals and at the same time will run true HA infrastructure!

@doyler3000 said in Hyper-V replication, Starwind, or something else?:

do the conversion of the HCA from Hyper V to Linux based (and all the VMs obviously) for me?

I am sure that will not be an issue for them. It can be reconfigured node-by-node with minimum production downtime.

@doyler3000 said in Hyper-V replication, Starwind, or something else?:

Is it likely that the Linux based VSA will be available within the 180 days?

It's going to be released even faster, thus it makes sense to move like that.

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@doyler3000 said in Hyper-V replication, Starwind, or something else?:

? The hypervisor will still be Hyper-V so the VM's theselves won't require any conversion?

Yes, you are correct. There will be no need for VMs conversion, StarWind devices should just be replicated to VSA. This can be done with the help of StarWind support guys.
By the way, I this conversion is required only for the HyperConverged scenario on VMware, where StarWind VSAN service is located inside VM.
With HyperConverged scenario on Hyper-V, StarWind VSAN will be installed inside Windows OS which is running Hyper-V role, thus you don't need VSA at all.

@CCWTech As an alternative, you can try this tool: https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

@wrx7m There are a lot of models which should fit your needs. You can find more information on this page: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance .
Also, you can request a demo on that page to see how HA works in real life - it's free :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@NerdyDad said in Changing NICs in virtual servers:

Here is the actual code in a more searchable context, sterilized for general use.

Very useful! Thanks!

@magicmarker
That's exactly what I wanted to suggest. You can use Veeam to put backups on StarWind VTL which can be uploaded to the cloud according to the retention policy. Check out here: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-tape-library

@Obsolesce ReFS is unstable, unfortunately. I saw the case when after power outage ReFS volume become RAW...

@scottalanmiller StarWind performance is really great! It's able to give 2 times better performance on read operations on HA device! Link to the Benchmark Best Practices document: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/best-practices/starwind-virtual-san-starwind-benchmarking-best-practices/

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@Obsolesce ReFS is unstable, unfortunately. I saw the case when after power outage ReFS volume become RAW...

@magicmarker
That's exactly what I wanted to suggest. You can use Veeam to put backups on StarWind VTL which can be uploaded to the cloud according to the retention policy. Check out here: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-tape-library

@NerdyDad said in Changing NICs in virtual servers:

Here is the actual code in a more searchable context, sterilized for general use.

Very useful! Thanks!

@G-I-Jones I like Windows 7 a lot, but since the things are moving forward we all will use something new instead very soon. Just remember how people wanted to stay on Windows XP, but finally updated their OS. The same will happen with Windows 7 and most of users will move on Windows 10 or will choose another option

@maximus
I believe you can take as a basis the script, published in this article: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-gentle-shutdown-with-powerchute
I hope it will be useful for you
Merry Christmas!

@wrx7m There are a lot of models which should fit your needs. You can find more information on this page: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance .
Also, you can request a demo on that page to see how HA works in real life - it's free :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@Dashrender Direct water cooling looks like more effective, taking into account that you have to burn (generate heat) something to produce an electricity to cool the hardware with the traditional air conditioning. But I do agree that it still could affect the nature.