New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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. -
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...
If you're going to use this in production, chances are, you will want the GUI, lol.
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@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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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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@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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@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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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 -
@jt1001001 said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
In case you didn't see, the webinar is now up on their site:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free-all-restrictions-removedTHanks
