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White Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^® FREE vs. PAID

The document provides a detailed comparison and reveals the capabilities of two different StarWind Virtual SAN versions commercial and free.

White Paper: Log-structured Write-Back Cache

Traditional caching strategies cannot ensure consistent performance under intense virtualized workloads. Learn from this whitepaper more about Log-structured Write-Back Cache (LSWBC), StarWind Virtual SAN feature allowing to ensure high applications performance and resiliency.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2019 (TP)
Failover Cluster Instance on Windows Server 2016

This guide describes how to configure a 2-node Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster that will host SQL Server 2019 Failover Cluster Instance (FCI). StarWind Virtual SAN is used as a shared storage "foundation" for building a highly-available Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) and ensures data safety of the entire system maintaining continuous application availability.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2012
Failover Cluster Instance on Windows Server 2012

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 2012 Failover Cluster that will host an SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster Instance. StarWind Virtual SAN was taken as the basis for the implementation of a block-level replication in the Windows Server 2012 hosted storage that will be used for building Windows Server Failover Cluster. Find all the necessary setup steps in this guide.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2017
Failover Cluster Instance on Windows Server 2016

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 2016 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 2016 hosted storage that will be used for building Windows Server Failover Cluster. In this manual, find all the necessary setup steps.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2014
Failover Cluster Instance
on Windows Server 2012 R2

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 2012 R2 Failover Cluster that will host an SQL Server 2014 Failover Cluster Instance. StarWind Virtual SAN is the basis for the implementation of a block-level replication in the Windows Server 2012 R2 hosted storage that will be used for building Windows Server Failover Cluster. Find all the necessary setup steps in this guide.