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Dmytro Malynka
Dmytro Malynka
StarWind Product Manager. Dmytro is an expert in virtualization and storage systems. Specializing in infrastructure design, deployment, and optimization, he provides technical leadership in modernizing IT ecosystems. Dmytro delivers high-authority insights into product development, disaster recovery, and enterprise-scale storage solutions for high-availability virtual environments.
Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • July 30, 2026

Retail IT infrastructure: how to keep stores and POS systems running

Retail IT is built around one question: what keeps the checkout running when hardware, power, or the WAN fails? Our new article looks at local workloads, POS resilience, two-node HA, failover, backup, and edge AI from an infrastructure perspective.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • June 9, 2026

Stateful vs stateless applications: differences and use cases

Stateful or stateless? The answer determines how services scale, recover from failures, operate in Kubernetes, and handle storage dependencies. Our latest article explains the difference between stateful and stateless workloads.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • April 16, 2026

Active-Active vs Active-Passive: Key Differences, Benefits & Use Cases

Active-active and active-passive HA architectures differ in failover orchestration, state synchronization, and resource utilization. Our new article provides a structured comparison across clustering and storage layers.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • January 16, 2026

Top 10 Alternatives & Competitors to VMware in 2026

Exploring other virtualization options after the Broadcom-VMware deal? Check out our detailed review of the top 10 alternatives and competitors to VMware in 2024. 
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • November 6, 2025

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Real Difference?

Stay resilient with the right BCDR strategy business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR plan) form the backbone of operational resilience. Learn from our latest article  how to design, test, and integrate both strategies for true business protection in 2025.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • October 29, 2025

How to Install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, and macOS: A Detailed Guide

Want smoother performance and better integration for your VMs? Learn from our latest article how to install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, and macOS – step by step.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • September 11, 2025

VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS): Detailed Guide

Running VMware clusters at scale? Manual balancing is a headache. Discover how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) automates workload placement, boosts performance, and reduces admin effort.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • August 19, 2025

What is Edge Computing?

From autonomous cars to smart factories, many industries can’t wait for the cloud.  Edge сomputing delivers real-time decisions, keeps sensitive data on-site, and saves bandwidth. Discover how edge computing works, why it matters, and where businesses are already using it.
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Dmytro Malynka
  • Dmytro Malynka
  • June 18, 2025

HCI Alternatives: The Best Nutanix Competitors 2025

Nutanix has long been a big name in HCI, but it’s not the only option. Whether you’re scaling EDGE deployments, cutting infrastructure costs, or improving hybridcloud workflows – there are other platforms that may be a better fit. Explore 10+ top alternatives with pros, cons, and use cases.
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