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Volodymyr Khrystenko
Volodymyr Khrystenko
StarWind Senior Software Development Engineer. Volodymyr specializes in virtualization, storage protocols, and networking. With exceptional experience in architecture planning and hardware sourcing, he provides technical leadership in infrastructure research and development. Volodymyr delivers expert guidance on optimizing storage systems and modern enterprise-scale IT architectures.
Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • December 30, 2021

Linux NVMe-oF Initiator and StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator: Performance Comparison Part 2

NVMe is the latest storage novelty that leaves legacy stuff behind. We’ve already proved that both Linux open source and StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows can deliver 100% of the back-end NVMe performance to the consumer when run over RDMA networks. Time to see how fast they will work over TCP.
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Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • December 23, 2021

Real-World Production Scenario: Squeezing all possible performance out of Microsoft SQL Server AGs (Availability Groups). Local NVMe Vs. RDMA-mapped (NVMe-oF) remote NVMe storage. Does the juice worth a squeeze?

The NVMe-oF is the hottest network storage trend so far. Up to now Microsoft Windows users had no access this tech due to lack of the NVMe-oF initiator for Windows. StarWind brough NVMe-oF to Widnows! Let’s see how NVMe-oF plays with Microsoft SQL Server AGs (Availability Groups) on Windows Server in the real life scenario.
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Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • December 22, 2021

Linux NVMe-oF Initiator and StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator: Performance Comparison Part 1

NVMe-oF is the modern appropriate protocol for getting the most out of NVMe drives, the fastest storage medium to date. Linux users have long been enjoying NVMe-oF, but Microsoft users have been left out. Now, StarWind has brought the power of NVMe-oF to Windows users by means of a lightweight 100% software solution.
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