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    • KOOLERK
      KOOLER Vendor @dafyre
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      @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
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          @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
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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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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @dafyre
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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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              • KOOLERK
                KOOLER Vendor @dafyre
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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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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @KOOLER
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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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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @dafyre
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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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                    • 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
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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.

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

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @dafyre
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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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                            • stacksofplatesS
                              stacksofplates
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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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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre @stacksofplates
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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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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates @dafyre
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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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                                  • 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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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @jt1001001
                                      last edited by

                                      @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-removed

                                      THanks

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