Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN: Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows Server in Amazon AWS, VSAN Deployed as a Windows-based Cloud Instance

The proper Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) configuration is a key to the successful implementation of Microsoft Failover Cluster instances on AWS. This technical paper is intended for experienced Microsoft Server users, or system administrators, and provides detailed instructions on how to configure HA Shared Storage for Failover Cluster Roles in Windows Server 2016 with StarWind Virtual SAN, how to configure AWS EC2 with peering connections, and how to create and configure StarWind EC2 instances

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Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN: SQL Server 2017 Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) Deployment on Microsoft Windows Server [Hyper-V]

This guide is intended for experienced Windows system administrators, IT professionals, and the SQL Server database administrators who would like to install and configure a 2-node Windows Server Failover Cluster that will host an SQL Server 2017 Failover Cluster Instance. StarWind Virtual SAN was taken as the basis for the implementation of a block-level replication in the Windows Server hosted storage that will be used for building Windows Server Failover Cluster. In this manual, find all the necessary setup steps.

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Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN: Gentle Shutdown with APC PowerChute

Unexpected power outage can result in data loss, especially when write-back cache is in use. The combination of PowerChute and StarWind allows users to gently turn off the VMs, hosts and put the StarWind devices into maintenance mode. Thus, StarWind users get a helpful utility to prevent unexpected power outage and possible data loss. This technical paper provides detailed guidelines on applying StarWind Virtual SAN with PowerChute Network.

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