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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 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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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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