Windows Server 2016 | Resource Library

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^® 2-node Hyperconverged
Scenario with VMware vSphere 6.5

Traditionally, VMware requires shared storage to ensure data safety, virtual machines migration, and eliminate any single point of failure within IT ecosystem. This technical paper provides a step-by-step guidance on configuring a 2-node vSphere cluster using StarWind Virtual SAN to turn local ESXi hosts storage into a fault-tolerant shared storage.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^® 2-node Compute and Storage Separated Scenario with Windows Server 2016

This guide describes how to configure a 2-node compute and storage separated scenario with deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) for Microsoft Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016. Read the guide and find out all the steps required for provisioning StarWind High Availability (HA) Storage to Windows Server 2016 hosts and creating a failover cluster.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
2-node Hyperсonverged Scenario with Windows Server 2016

StarWind Virtual SAN enables to create a fault-tolerant and high-performing storage pool for virtualization workloads. This technical paper describes how to use StarWind Virtual SAN to set up a 2-node hyperconverged scenario with Hyper-V cluster on Windows Server 2016.

Technical Paper: StarWind Virtual SAN^®
2-node Compute and Storage Separated scenario
with VMware vSphere 6.0

Learn from this technical paper how to configure a 2-node Compute and Storage separated scenario for vSphere deployment with StarWind Virtual SAN using ESXi 6.0

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: Virtual Tape Library on Azure used with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2016

This guide provides information on creating StarWind Virtual Tape Library device on Azure to run on top of the Windows Server 2016 and integrating it with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 for faster backup and reliable protection.