To ensure the promised performance and stability, the systems running StarWind solutions must meet the minimum system requirements that are listed below.
Minimum one physical 1.7 GHz processor
4GB
If using cache or Asynchronous Replication, an appropriate amount of RAM should be added
Heartbeat failover strategy:
2x network interfaces (1xStarWind Synchronization and 1xiSCSI traffic/Heartbeat) + 1x network interface (Management/Heartbeat)
At least one Heartbeat interface must be on a separate network adapter and redundant
Node Majority failover strategy: 2x network interfaces (1xStarWind Synchronization and 1xiSCSI traffic) + 1x network interface (Management/Witness node)
Synchronous Replication: Minimum 1 GbE or higher
Latency requirements: <5 ms
Asynchronous Replication: Minimum 100 MbE or higher. The data link must be capable to transmit the replicated amount of data within the desired backup window
Supported Windows Server version: 2012 or later
3 GB disk space reserved for installation and logging
The StarWind virtual disks must reside on the separate partition from the StarWind installation disk
Hardware RAID controller is highly recommended
Microsoft Storage Spaces is supported
Asynchronous Replication: The storage with replication journals on the primary server should have higher or equal write performance in comparison with the production storage array (on 100% sequential write with 8MB block size). The space reserved for the journal disk must exceed the amount of data written to the production storage array within the time frame between snapshots plus extra 25%
Software RAID implementations are NOT supported. For recommended RAID settings, please, read the KB article.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Server with LSFS devices and Data Recovery (DR) server (in case of Asynchronous Replication) should fit the LSFS device requirements.
Minimum 4 virtual 1.7 GHz processors reserved
4GB
If using cache, an appropriate amount of RAM should be assigned
Heartbeat failover strategy:
2x network interfaces (1xStarWind Synchronization and 1xiSCSI traffic/Heartbeat) + 1x network interface (Management/Heartbeat)
At least one Heartbeat interface must be on a separate network adapter and redundant
Node Majority failover strategy: 2x network interfaces (1xStarWind Synchronization and 1xiSCSI traffic) + 1x network interface (Management/Witness node)
Synchronous Replication: Minimum 1 GbE or higher
Latency requirements: <5 ms
Supported vSphere version: 5.5 or later
20 GB Virtual Disk reserved for OS. The StarWind virtual disks must reside on the separate partition from the StarWind installation disk
All Virtual Disks must be Thick Provision Eager Zeroed or the entire HBA/RAID controller must be passed through to the Virtual Machine
For recommended RAID settings, please, read the KB article.
Minimum 4 virtual 1.7 GHz processors reserved
If using ZFS pools, 8 virtual 1.7 GHz processors reserved
4GB
If using cache, an appropriate amount of RAM should be assigned
If using ZFS pools, at least 16GB of RAM should be assigned
2x network interfaces (1xManagement and 1xiSCSI/Data traffic)
At least one Heartbeat interface must be on a separate network adapter and redundant
iSCSI/Data traffic: Minimum 1 GbE or higher
Latency requirements: <5 ms
VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi version: 6.5 or later
Microsoft Hyper-V server: 2016 or later
20 GB Virtual Disk reserved for OS. The StarWind virtual disks must reside on a partition that is separate from the StarWind installation disk.
All Virtual Disks are recommended to be Thick Provision Eager Zeroed or the entire HBA/RAID controller must be passed through to the Virtual Machine.
Supported direct-attached storage configurations:
* StarWind SAN & NAS can be deployed on top of your hypervisor or directly on bare metal (no hypervisor required).
For recommended RAID settings, please, read the KB article.
Minimum one 1.7 GHz processor
4GB
1 NIC interface (VTL traffic) + 1 NIC (Management)
Minimum 100 MbE or higher
Latency requirements: 100 ms or less
Supported Windows Server version: 2012 or later
3 GB disk space reserved for installation and logging. The StarWind virtual disks must reside on the separate partition from StarWind installation disk
Acronis Backup (10 – 12.5), ArcServe Backup (11.5 – 17), ArcServe UDP (5.x – 7.0), Bacula (9.2.0 – 9.6.6), Commvault (9.0 – 11.20), EMC AVAMAR (via ADMe) (6.1 – 7.5), EMC NetWorker (7.6 – 19.2), IBM TSM & Spectrum Protect (6.2.2 – 8.1.11), HP DataProtector (7.x – 9.0), Microsoft DPM* (2012 – 2019), Unitrends (9.1 – 10), Veeam Backup & Replication (9.0 – 11.0), Veritas/Symantec BackupExec (12.x – 20.6), Veritas/Symantec NetBackup (6.x – 8.3), Quest NetVault Backup (12.x – 13.x)
* Microsoft DPM 2016 may require additional tweaks due known connection stability issues with LTO Tape Libraries.
Software RAID implementations are NOT supported. For recommended RAID settings, please, read the KB article.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to fit the ransomware resiliency, the VTL should be located on the dedicated storage/host which must be isolated from the production environment. Please read the following document for details: Backing up StarWind Virtual SAN Environment: Best Practice.
Minimum one 1 GHz processor
256MB
1 NIC interface
Minimum 100 MbE or higher
Server OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2; 2012; 2012 R2; 2016; 2019; 2022
Desktop OS: Windows 7; 8; 8.1; 10
256 МВ disk space reserved for installation and logging
IMPORTANT NOTE: Windows Server Core or Microsoft Hyper-V Server as a base OS is incompatible with the StarWind Management Console local installation. In this case, StarWind Management Console should be installed on any other computer. Please note that for remote management with default settings, port 3261 must be open.
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