New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!
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Register for today's live demo April 6, 11 am PT / 2 pm ET.
Host: Alex Bykovskyi, Solutions Architect, StarWind
New StarWind Virtual SAN Free comes completely unrestricted delivering all the features you get in the commercial version. Unlike the previous free version, new VSAN Free delivers unlimited node count, features, and capacity served. It can now be used in any deployment scenario, be it Hyper-Converged, “Compute and Storage Separated”, or even a combination of both. Thanks to multiprotocol support, featuring iSCSI, SMB3, and NFS, including RDMA-capable iSER, NVMf, and SMB Direct, StarWind VSAN easily integrates into any infrastructure, be it virtualized or not. In addition, support for VVOLs, SCVMM, and ready-to-use PowerShell scripts help users to speed up and simplify automated deployment, management, and monitoring of their Virtual SAN infrastructure.
Join our Live Demo to learn how to build a completely free multi-node hyper-converged environment with StarWind and your hypervisor of choice!
*Virtualize responsibly!
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I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
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nice! still lack the HW for this, but definitively nice!
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@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
For a while, there was a special Mangolassi / SW license that would grant you a two node version for free. I use that here in my lab. Looks like it's time to upgrade!
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Yes. I tried to get it. I had a call with a rep and I just got a trial. Bait la switch.
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from this whitepaper:
The only component which will not be always available in StarWind Virtual SAN Free is StarWind
Management Console. Compared to StarWind Virtual SAN Commercial version, Free version
provides access to StarWind Management Console for a period of 30 days after installation. After
this period, StarWind Free will be manageable using command line only.
StarWind Virtual SAN Free is shipped with a set of ready-to-use PowerShell scripts that would
help users to quickly deploy the Virtual SAN infrastructure and configure most of its features.
Moreover, any StarWind Free user is allowed to modify existing scripts, create new ones, and
share them with others. Finally, the free version doesn’t have any synthetic performance
limitations, so the resulting performance of this solution stands in line with Enterprise-class
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ok, TBH if you get self-supported cmd-line only stuff, why can't you do this with glusterfs+targetcli on centos with xfs?!
IMHO this is just a windows shop vs linux shop stuff! Not I'm saying this is a bad thing! no it is great, just wondering about comparisons... and this seems a lot of centos+gluster+LVM(+libvirt if you hyperconverge) -
@matteo-nunziati said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
ok, TBH if you get self-supported cmd-line only stuff, why can't you do this with glusterfs+targetcli on centos with xfs?!
IMHO this is just a windows shop vs linux shop stuff! Not I'm saying this is a bad thing! no it is great, just wondering about comparisons... and this seems a lot of centos+gluster+LVM(+libvirt if you hyperconverge)The difference is you don't have to "build" it yourself. It comes as a working solution, and for a home lab it (or even production) its perfectly suited.
I personally would want a supported solution for production in any case, but that's just me.
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@DustinB3403 said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
@matteo-nunziati said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
ok, TBH if you get self-supported cmd-line only stuff, why can't you do this with glusterfs+targetcli on centos with xfs?!
IMHO this is just a windows shop vs linux shop stuff! Not I'm saying this is a bad thing! no it is great, just wondering about comparisons... and this seems a lot of centos+gluster+LVM(+libvirt if you hyperconverge)The difference is you don't have to "build" it yourself. It comes as a working solution, and for a home lab it (or even production) its perfectly suited.
I personally would want a supported solution for production in any case, but that's just me.
well support goes via redhat instead of centos... already built is a really added value if you are short of time! but NTFS vs XFS is the price imho.
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BTW from this page:
Please note: if you are planning to use Windows Server Core or Microsoft Hyper-V Server as a base OS you will not be able to install StarWind Management Console locally.
as the free edition will let the console die, you can build your SDS/hyperconverged stuff entirely for free even on windows nodays (*)! yuppy
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while free != open, this is still a good option!(*) starwind runs also as a VSA so you can use whatever hypervisor you want...
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@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
I don't know how you've managed to do that, free and trial were always SEPARATE download options. What did you do exactly to achieve your "here's trial etc"?
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@KOOLER said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
I don't know how you've managed to do that, free and trial were always SEPARATE download options. What did you do exactly to achieve your "here's trial etc"?
I filled in the form.
Spoke to a rep. The rep then said, here's a trial.
I asked where the free 2 node license was, was told I could not have it. -
@matteo-nunziati said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
nice! still lack the HW for this, but definitively nice!
You can do that in Azure and now in Amazon w/out hardware.
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/starwind.starwindvirtualsan
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B06XWNJ5DW?qid=1491493304804&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title
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@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
@KOOLER said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
I don't know how you've managed to do that, free and trial were always SEPARATE download options. What did you do exactly to achieve your "here's trial etc"?
I filled in the form.
Spoke to a rep. The rep then said, here's a trial.
I asked where the free 2 node license was, was told I could not have it.Sales reps never contact people who ask for the free stuff, but they do it for trials. My guess is a) you initially asked for trial and not for free b) you didn't mention to sale rep you're coming from MangoLassi so you can have more.
Either way, licensing policy changed completely, I'd suggest PM me your e-mail and I'll bring you in touch with somebody from SEs (no sales!!!) who'll help with a key and pain-free engagement process. That's what I can do now...
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@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
Yes. I tried to get it. I had a call with a rep and I just got a trial. Bait la switch.
Sorry it went this way. Sales are... Well, sales. "I can fix that too!" (c) ...
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@matteo-nunziati said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
ok, TBH if you get self-supported cmd-line only stuff, why can't you do this with glusterfs+targetcli on centos with xfs?!
IMHO this is just a windows shop vs linux shop stuff! Not I'm saying this is a bad thing! no it is great, just wondering about comparisons... and this seems a lot of centos+gluster+LVM(+libvirt if you hyperconverge)Starwind is coming on Linux, too. Some releases already out. Also, Gluster isn't really built for that, Starwind is a lot more performant.
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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?
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Webinar is starting now. I'm on.
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I am on as well
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