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Oleg Pankevych
Oleg Pankevych
StarWind Solutions Architect. Oleg brings 12+ years of experience in enterprise IT and data center design. Specializing in storage architecture and virtualization, he provides expert guidance on scalable infrastructure solutions. Oleg delivers high-authority technical leadership for large-scale enterprise support and optimizing modern data center ecosystems.
Oleg Pankevych
  • Oleg Pankevych
  • June 20, 2023

ESXi is free… So why would you buy an ESXi anyway?

Most admins know that VMware offers Free and Evaluation versions of their hypervisor. However, there are still some nuances that explain why people would actually buy ESXi.
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Oleg Pankevych
  • Oleg Pankevych
  • December 23, 2020

Enable block storage devices in WSL2

The issue of providing block-level storage for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is quite mysterious. Presently, iSCSI isn’t available in WSL out-of-the-box. But the good news is that you can enable it, although it’s not a straightforward path. WSL2, having a real custom Linux kernel inside, can help you initiate and complete the process.
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Oleg Pankevych
  • Oleg Pankevych
  • January 3, 2019

Wasabi + Veeam + StarWind: Don’t put your “backup” eggs in one basket

The golden rule for the safety of your data is as follows: always back up and distribute copies to different locations. However, the choice of backup environments can be accompanied by high-cost issues, security concerns, the risk of service interruption/termination, and so on. Storing your data in the cloud seems to be the most optimal solution. But even here you may encounter certain troubles such as the need to pay for all services, subscriptions, service plans, and configuration of a public cloud storage provider. Do you want to know about a backup storage solution that eliminates the drawbacks of costly backup processes and meets regulatory data archival and retention requirements?
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