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  • Oleg Pankevych
    Oleg Pankevych
  • May 19, 2025
How to Build a Highly Available 2-Node Proxmox Cluster with StarWind VSAN
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  • Vladyslav Savchenko
    Vladyslav Savchenko
  • February 22, 2025
Setting up StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) as Hardened Repository for Veeam B&R
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  • Vladyslav Savchenko
    Vladyslav Savchenko
  • July 31, 2025
Software-Defined Storage: Guide to Top SDS Vendors 
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  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
    Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • May 14, 2025
DRBD/LINSTOR vs Ceph vs StarWind VSAN: Proxmox HCI Performance Comparison
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  • Ivan Ischenko
    Ivan Ischenko
  • February 12, 2025
Proxmox vs Hyper-V: A Comprehensive Comparison
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  • Orest Lesyuk
    Orest Lesyuk
  • March 11, 2026
Microsoft SQL Server High Availability: Always On Availability Groups VS Failover Cluster Instances. What to choose and when?
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  • Alex Khorolets
    Alex Khorolets
  • April 11, 2025
Turn two VMware vSphere hosts into a full-blown cluster without breaking the bank, in 5 easy steps
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  • Vladyslav Savchenko
    Vladyslav Savchenko
  • March 24, 2025
What is Business Continuity?
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  • Vladyslav Savchenko
    Vladyslav Savchenko
  • January 21, 2025
How to Create a File Share with StarWind VSAN
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  • Vladyslav Savchenko
    Vladyslav Savchenko
  • February 19, 2025
StarWind V2V Converter Overview (Part 1): Converting VMs to and from Oracle VirtualBox
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  • Diana Abo Harmouch
    Diana Abo-Harmouch
  • June 10, 2025
What is V2V (Virtual to Virtual)?
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  • Daryna Havrada
    Daryna Havrada
  • April 3, 2025
VMware vSphere vSwitch Load Balancing Options: A Complete Guide
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • March 5, 2024

VMware SD-WAN Enhanced Firewall Services – who is it for, what problems does it solve and how does it work?

Protecting your network has never been easier. Introducing VMware SD-WAN Enhanced Firewall Services – the ultimate solution for modern cybersecurity challenges.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • March 4, 2024

Can SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance run on S2D twice as fast as SQL Server Availability Groups on Storage Spaces? Summary

Since I’m done with measuring SQL Server Availability Groups (AG) on Storage Spaces and SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) on Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) performance, I can write the most interesting part in this series: performance comparison.
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Anton Vovchuk
  • Anton Vovchuk
  • February 29, 2024

Tape vs Disk vs VTL: Which is best for backup and why?

Safeguarding your data is crucial in today’s digital landscape, but with so many backup options available, how do you choose the right one? Our latest article dives into data backup, comparing tape, disk, and virtual tape library (VTL) technologies.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 27, 2024

Why You Should Consider XCP-ng as an Alternative to VMware

Considering a switch from VMware? Whether you’re a small business tightening the budget or an enterprise seeking greater flexibility, XCP-ng, an open-source XenServer-based virtualization platform, offers a compelling alternative to VMware.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • February 24, 2024

Setting up a Windows Failover Cluster for a home lab

Setting up a failover cluster is a thing that admins must do. To build such cluster, you need to configure shared storage. And, there are a lot of ways to do that. Today, I’d like to discuss how to build a Windows Failover Cluster using a virtual SAN solution (StarWind Virtual SAN) as a shared storage provider.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 20, 2024

How to Enable and Configure vMotion Application Notification Feature for a VM in vSphere

vSphere 8 now offers the vMotion Application Notification feature, aimed at improving application migrations. Interested in the technical aspects?
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • February 14, 2024

Can SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance run on S2D twice as fast as SQL Server Availability Groups on Storage Spaces? Part 1: Studying AG performance

Some time ago, I published here comparison of SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) and SQL Server Availability Group (AG) performance while having them run on top of StarWind Virtual SAN (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/hyper-v/can-sql-server-failover-cluster-instance-run-twice-fast-sql-server-basic-availability-groups-2-node-cluster-part-2-studying-fci-performance/). Today, I measure SQL Server AG performance on Storage Spaces. The next part sheds light on SQL Server FCI performance on S2D. Can I squeeze two times more TPM out of SQL Server FCI on S2D than SQL Server AG can provide on Storage Spaces?
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 13, 2024

VMware vSphere Replication 8.8 – What’s New and Why You Need It

Whether you’re migrating workloads or fortifying your disaster recovery (DR) strategy, the latest 8.8 release of VMware vSphere Replication has you covered.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • February 9, 2024

Can SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances run on S2D twice as fast as SQL Server Availability Groups on Storage Spaces? Part 2: Studying FCI performance

It is the second part of my research on SQL Server Availability Groups (AG) and SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) performance. Before, I measured SQL Server AG performance on Storage Spaces (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/hyper-v/can-sql-server-failover-cluster-instance-run-s2d-twice-fast-sql-server-availability-groups-storage-spaces-part-1-studying-ag-performance/). Today, I study the performance of SQL Server FCI on S2D, trying to prove that this thing can run 2 times faster than SQL Server AG on Storage Spaces
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