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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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      @Tim_G said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

      @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

      now. I'm on.

      StarWind has got it going on! They've been doing this stuff before Microsoft finally got around to implementing some of it... such as S2D and other Datacenter features.

      Anyone get ahold of all the slides? I missed it... was super busy at work today.

      There were only the two slides that were shown here other than the title and finished slides. It was all PowerShell demo.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @KOOLER
        last edited by

        @KOOLER said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

        @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

        This is awesome to finally have out and official. We've been talking about it for weeks but haven't had an announcement to point to. 🙂

        @kooler we should celebrate! Let's do drinks. In say... 50 hours?

        yes, we'll do that! what about some nice Sicilian place around here? (LOL, at least you'll tell how local ones suck compared to italy)

        P.S. Max is in game 🙂

        Awesome. I'll start heading out in about an hour.

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre @Obsolesce
          last edited by

          @Tim_G said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

          @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

          now. I'm on.

          StarWind has got it going on! They've been doing this stuff before Microsoft finally got around to implementing some of it... such as S2D and other Datacenter features.

          Anyone get ahold of all the slides? I missed it... was super busy at work today.

          Or how about a recording of it?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @dafyre
            last edited by

            @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

            @Tim_G said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

            @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

            now. I'm on.

            StarWind has got it going on! They've been doing this stuff before Microsoft finally got around to implementing some of it... such as S2D and other Datacenter features.

            Anyone get ahold of all the slides? I missed it... was super busy at work today.

            Or how about a recording of it?

            They said it would be posted on their site at the end of the call.

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            • KOOLERK
              KOOLER Vendor @dafyre
              last edited by

              @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

              @Tim_G said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

              @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

              now. I'm on.

              StarWind has got it going on! They've been doing this stuff before Microsoft finally got around to implementing some of it... such as S2D and other Datacenter features.

              Anyone get ahold of all the slides? I missed it... was super busy at work today.

              Or how about a recording of it?

              We did! We'll share content around next week.

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              • Emad RE
                Emad R @DustinB3403
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                @DustinB3403

                Hopefully soon someone can make us guide about this, I am interested especially if we can pair it with KVM

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Emad R
                  last edited by

                  @msff-amman-Itofficer said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                  @DustinB3403

                  Hopefully soon someone can make us guide about this, I am interested especially if we can pair it with KVM

                  They will, and you can.

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                  • dafyreD
                    dafyre
                    last edited by

                    I have a 2-node setup running in VirtualBox now. I whoopsied and forgot to adjust a few things in the poweshell scripts, so no real-world data yet.

                    The setup is easy if you follow along their Quick guide posted on the VSAN free page. It covers how to use the PowerShell scripts to set it up.

                    Better details tomorrow, hopefully!

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @dafyre
                      last edited by

                      @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                      I have a 2-node setup running in VirtualBox now. I whoopsied and forgot to adjust a few things in the poweshell scripts, so no real-world data yet.

                      The setup is easy if you follow along their Quick guide posted on the VSAN free page. It covers how to use the PowerShell scripts to set it up.

                      Better details tomorrow, hopefully!

                      Cool

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                      • KOOLERK
                        KOOLER Vendor @dafyre
                        last edited by

                        @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                        I have a 2-node setup running in VirtualBox now. I whoopsied and forgot to adjust a few things in the poweshell scripts, so no real-world data yet.

                        The setup is easy if you follow along their Quick guide posted on the VSAN free page. It covers how to use the PowerShell scripts to set it up.

                        Better details tomorrow, hopefully!

                        Excellent! Ping me if you'd need anything (like evergreen NFR etc). Good luck!

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @KOOLER
                          last edited by

                          @KOOLER said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                          @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                          I have a 2-node setup running in VirtualBox now. I whoopsied and forgot to adjust a few things in the poweshell scripts, so no real-world data yet.

                          The setup is easy if you follow along their Quick guide posted on the VSAN free page. It covers how to use the PowerShell scripts to set it up.

                          Better details tomorrow, hopefully!

                          Excellent! Ping me if you'd need anything (like evergreen NFR etc). Good luck!

                          I like the PowerShell sample files that come with it. They make things easier to configure!

                          As I understand the documentation I'm reading, the actual GUI console is part of the paid product now, right?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @dafyre
                            last edited by

                            @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                            As I understand the documentation I'm reading, the actual GUI console is part of the paid product now, right?

                            Correct. But I believe you get it for 30 days even with the free one? I'm trying to recall the webinar from last week.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                              @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                              As I understand the documentation I'm reading, the actual GUI console is part of the paid product now, right?

                              Correct. But I believe you get it for 30 days even with the free one? I'm trying to recall the webinar from last week.

                              That is accurate, you have 30 days of the complete gui console. After that it drops down to powershell only.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                @scottalanmiller said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                As I understand the documentation I'm reading, the actual GUI console is part of the paid product now, right?

                                Correct. But I believe you get it for 30 days even with the free one? I'm trying to recall the webinar from last week.

                                That is accurate, you have 30 days of the complete gui console. After that it drops down to powershell only.

                                Right, so you see how nice it is and miss it when it is gone 🙂 Then you can decide to upgrade your existing install back to the GUI-powered version with support, if you want.

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre
                                  last edited by

                                  Or some rather enterprising chaps will code a half-decent, partially usable powershell GUI to make it work, lol.

                                  Their Poweshell scripts do work, but could use a little fine tuning here and there.

                                  I set up an HA pair with 100Gigs of data and purposefully whoopsied one of them and made it reboot while I was copying a few GB of data in...

                                  The system is now synchronizing back to normal again...
                                  0_1492004840993_upload-a8140f35-ccbf-4f75-98c0-750a9bdcf2a5

                                  If you're going to use this in production, chances are, you will want the GUI, lol.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @dafyre
                                    last edited by

                                    @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                    If you're going to use this in production, chances are, you will want the GUI, lol.

                                    And, you know, support.

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                                    • stacksofplatesS
                                      stacksofplates
                                      last edited by

                                      So I filled out the form for the free version. Picked KVM, and they sent me an email with a link to a .exe. I guess the Linux version isn't done yet, but it's in the list?

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                                      • dafyreD
                                        dafyre @stacksofplates
                                        last edited by

                                        @stacksofplates said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                        So I filled out the form for the free version. Picked KVM, and they sent me an email with a link to a .exe. I guess the Linux version isn't done yet, but it's in the list?

                                        I think that form is just a kind of "Whatchya gonna do with it?" ... Right now, it only installs on Windows. I think @KOOLER has mentioned a linux version may be coming.

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                                        • stacksofplatesS
                                          stacksofplates @dafyre
                                          last edited by

                                          @dafyre said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                          @stacksofplates said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:

                                          So I filled out the form for the free version. Picked KVM, and they sent me an email with a link to a .exe. I guess the Linux version isn't done yet, but it's in the list?

                                          I think that form is just a kind of "Whatchya gonna do with it?" ... Right now, it only installs on Windows. I think @KOOLER has mentioned a linux version may be coming.

                                          Ah ok. I just assumed that was to get the correct version.

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                                          • jt1001001J
                                            jt1001001
                                            last edited by scottalanmiller

                                            In case you didn't see, the webinar is now up on their site:
                                            https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free-all-restrictions-removed

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