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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
  • 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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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • June 12, 2026

AI Storage Bottlenecks: Why AI Workloads Slow Down and How to Fix Them

If GPU utilization drops during data loading, the bottleneck may be in the storage path. Explore the most common AI storage bottlenecks and the architectural strategies used to address them in our latest article.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • June 4, 2026

Data residency, sovereignty, and localization: a practical guide for infrastructure teams

Before deploying any workload, ask three questions: Where is the data stored? Which laws apply to it? Can it leave that jurisdiction? Our latest guide describes the differences between data residency, data sovereignty, and data localization.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • May 29, 2026

Understanding RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, and RAID 60: Comprehensive guide to RAID configurations (Part 2)

Part 2 of the RAID guide is live. If Part 1 covered striping and mirroring, this one explains the parity side of modern storage architecture: RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, and RAID 60.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • May 27, 2026

Data tiering strategy 2026: how to balance performance, cost, and control

Your “hot tier” is probably full of data nobody has touched in months, while production workloads compete for the same expensive NVMe. Our new 2026 guide explains how modern data tiering works across hot, warm, cold, and archive storage and where cloud tiering quietly becomes expensive.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • May 21, 2026

Understanding RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 01: Comprehensive Guide to RAID Configurations (Part 1)

RAID still matters in 2026, but choosing the wrong RAID level can destroy performance, capacity, or resilience. Our latest guide explains RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 01 with use cases for virtualization, databases, AI staging, and production workloads.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • May 20, 2026

What is data gravity? A practical 2026 guide

Your data stack probably already has gravity. You notice it when moving workloads becomes expensive, or AI projects need years of historical data. Our latest guide explains how data gravity affects cloud, edge, AI, sovereignty, and your infrastructure strategy.
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Ivan Ischenko
  • Ivan Ischenko
  • May 11, 2026

Control plane vs Data plane vs Management plane: What are they?

When latency spikes but dashboards look green, you’re likely debugging the wrong plane. Data, control, and management planes fail differently and recognizing the pattern is half the fix. Check out our latest guide covering failure signals and scenarios.
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