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Ivan Ischenko
Ivan Ischenko
StarWind Director of Product Management. Ivan is an expert in virtualization and storage architecture. With deep knowledge of software-defined storage and data protection, he provides technical leadership in solution design and product strategy. Ivan delivers high-authority insights into modernizing enterprise-scale IT infrastructure and optimizing virtualized ecosystems.
Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • August 20, 2026

NAS backup: best practices, backup methods, and enterprise solutions

RAID can keep a NAS available after a drive failure, but it cannot recover deleted, corrupted, or encrypted data. Our new article examines how to build a NAS backup strategy around independent copies, off-site protection, immutability, and tested restores.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • August 19, 2026

8 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends for 2026

HCI in 2026: what has changed? Our latest article examines eight technical vectors influencing hyperconverged infrastructure today.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • August 14, 2026

Healthcare IT infrastructure: how to reduce downtime

Healthcare IT resilience has to account for the full dependency chain: compute, storage, DNS, networking, and application services. Our new article explains how to map these dependencies and build HA and recovery strategies around the complete service.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • August 12, 2026

DFS Replication Explained: Setup, Use Cases, and Limitations

DFS Replication remains a practical solution for synchronizing file shares across Windows Server environments. Learn from our latest guide how to deploy, test, and monitor DFSR, understand its architecture, and avoid common mistakes.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • July 29, 2026

NVMe over TCP: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Implementation Strategies

When does NVMe/TCP make sense, and when doesn’t it? Our new guide explores where NVMe/TCP fits today, how it compares with RDMA, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI, and what to validate before production deployment.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • July 24, 2026

Strong vs eventual consistency in 2026: how to choose the right guarantee

Should every workload use strong consistency now that distributed SQL has matured? Not necessarily. Different applications tolerate different failure modes. Our new article explores where strong consistency pays off, where eventual consistency still wins, and how AI changes the equation.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • July 22, 2026

Infrastructure and storage modernization trends 2026

AI may be driving infrastructure investment, but storage architecture increasingly determines application performance. Our new article examines six infrastructure and storage trends shaping enterprise IT in 2026.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • July 8, 2026

Ransomware recovery: When backups aren’t enough

Can your backup architecture survive a ransomware attack? Our new guide examines why backup infrastructure fails, how to identify a clean restore point, and what recovery architectures improve resilience against modern attacks.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • June 25, 2026

Data compliance: regulations, controls, and audit readiness

A backup replicated to the wrong region can create a compliance issue even when production workloads remain compliant. Our new guide examines the infrastructure side of data compliance: residency, encryption, retention policies, vendor risk, and AI governance.
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