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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
  • April 3, 2025
VMware vSphere vSwitch Load Balancing Options: A Complete Guide
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Oleg Onischuk
  • Oleg Onischuk
  • July 13, 2023

How to Replace Your Default ESXi SSL Certificate With a Self-Signed Certificate: a 101 Introduction

Everybody knows that SSL certificates are a must-have for every safe network. However, anybody who has ever worked with ESXi hosts has sometimes had to deal with untrusted certificates, which can become quite tedious. Fortunately, there is a sure fix.
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Brandon Lee
  • Brandon Lee
  • July 11, 2023

Windows Defender for Endpoint without Azure Arc with Direct Onboarding

Microsoft recently introduced the Direct Onboarding feature for Defender for Endpoint, which simplifies its usage by eliminating the need for Azure Arc. This feature is actually a big deal for hybrid environments, essential in today’s cloud-centric infrastructure.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • July 6, 2023

VMware products and devices based on the ARM architecture

Thanks to MacBooks, ARM architecture is soon to become a part of everyday life everywhere, from regular users to corporate infrastructures. However, Apple isn’t the only one making progress in adopting this technology.
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Vladislav Karaiev
  • Vladislav Karaiev
  • July 4, 2023

Virtual Machine Storage – File vs Block [Part 2]: SMB vs iSCSI vs NVMe-oF in Hyper-V

The previous comparison of file and block VM storage focused specifically on the SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF protocols. Now, it’s time to compare these storage types in the context of Microsoft’s Hyper-V environment!
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • June 27, 2023

BalenaEtcher: The Ultimate Cross-Platform Utility for Hassle-Free Image Flashing

BalenaEtcher is here to revolutionize the way you create bootable media. Whether you’re a Linux lover, an iOS aficionado, or a Windows enthusiast, this versatile tool has got you covered.
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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • June 22, 2023

App Volumes: create and size a new writable template

The VMware App Volumes is already a tremendous way to simplify the application delivery process. Nevertheless, the default disk size of 10GB is often not enough for a production environment.
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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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Brandon Lee
  • Brandon Lee
  • June 15, 2023

Windows 365 Boot

As demand grows, Microsoft engineers keep enhancing and developing their cloud solutions so that they fulfill the needs of the hybrid workforce. Windows 365 Boot is an enhancement to Windows 11 that allows users to log into their Windows 365 Cloud PC directly, bypassing Windows UI.
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Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • June 13, 2023

Linux NVMe-oF Initiator and StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows: Performance Comparison Part 2.1

Previously, we compared the performance of NVMe-oF Initiators for Linux and Windows. Time to try that again with an updated StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows.
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