@hobbit666 said in HCI vendors: software or hardware: Or would you still look at another layer of backup/DR A DR site is not the same as a backup. Generally those things are different.

@FATeknollogee said in HCI (Scale, Starwind etc): vm layout: @PhlipElder said in HCI (Scale, Starwind etc): vm layout: I'm not sure what "Hyper-V partition" means. I meant to say the host o/s partition. I kinda gathered that is what it meant. Thanks for clarifying.

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@marcinozga said in Reaching manhood - StarWind is included in Gartner Magic Quadrant!: How much did you pay to get there? Probably less than they pay for these unpaid ads... I mean self-promotional posts.

@RojoLoco said in Microsoft S2D vs StarWind VSAN: See what clients say about true hyperconvergence: @DustinB3403 how would their sales drones bug you if they just put the info here???? They already have my information and they actually don't nag me. What does irk me is that every time I do want to read one of these I have to register or login to see the information.

@coliver said in Reaching manhood - StarWind is included in Gartner Magic Quadrant!: How much money did you guys pay to get in there? And why? Being listed on Gartner is an active disincentive to any rational person.

@scottalanmiller said in What do you think of my hypothetical HCI: @tim_g said in What do you think of my hypothetical HCI: Why not just use two or three Hyper-V Server 2016 nodes and StarWind vSAN? That seems like a whole lot easier, cheaper, and way more effective. And you totally missed "massively safer." Better storage, and way fewer moving pieces to fail. Yeah that too of course! That was bundled into the "way more effective" bit.