@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Or even better, what about a non-PowerShell interface for the others?

We're currently working on adding a support of Swordfish API. StarWind Swordfish plugin should be released shortly, so please stay tuned!

@StrongBad said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

How does @StarWind_Software work with NVMe?

StarWind really works with NVMe. We have just added significant performance improvement, so the write performance is doubled now.

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Thanks for the question. Poweshell module was made to manage exactly Windows StarWind setup.

@DustinB3403 said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@coliver said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Or even better, what about a non-PowerShell interface for the others?

Is there a non-powershell interface for the Windows version?

Yes, the GUI

We have a few options here: GUI, Web-GUI, Swordfish plugin (soon), SMI-S and VVols.

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

I'll jump in with one that I know but think it is worth talking about and that people are unlikely to know to ask about...

What are the benefits of the LSFS (Log Structured File System) and when would be want to choose it?

The ideal scenario for LSFS is slow spindle drives in RAID 5/50 and RAID 6/60. And the benefits are: eliminating I/O blender, snapshots, boosting synchronization process and overall performance in non-write intensive environments (maximum 60% read/40% write).

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

I'll jump in with one that I know but think it is worth talking about and that people are unlikely to know to ask about...

What are the benefits of the LSFS (Log Structured File System) and when would be want to choose it?

The ideal scenario for LSFS is slow spindle drives in RAID 5/50 and RAID 6/60. And the benefits are: eliminating I/O blender, snapshots, boosting synchronization process and overall performance in non-write intensive environments (maximum 60% read/40% write).

Do you see any real benefits on RAID 10 arrays? #OBR10

Even though LSFS technology was initially designed for parity type RAIDs, you could still benefit from utilizing LSFS on RAID 10 arrays having snapshot options and being able to squeeze out decent performance at the environments where reads dominate writes.

Thanks!

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

I'll jump in with one that I know but think it is worth talking about and that people are unlikely to know to ask about...

What are the benefits of the LSFS (Log Structured File System) and when would be want to choose it?

The ideal scenario for LSFS is slow spindle drives in RAID 5/50 and RAID 6/60. And the benefits are: eliminating I/O blender, snapshots, boosting synchronization process and overall performance in non-write intensive environments (maximum 60% read/40% write).

Do you see any real benefits on RAID 10 arrays? #OBR10

Even though LSFS technology was initially designed for parity type RAIDs, you could still benefit from utilizing LSFS on RAID 10 arrays having snapshot options and being able to squeeze out decent performance at the environments where reads dominate writes.

@jt1001001 said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

I have 2 identical physical hosts that my company is allowing me to set up as a proof of concept for Starwind. As we are a Hyper-V shop, I am looking for a good startup guide for this; it appears this is where I would begin: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-hyper-converged-2-nodes-scenario-2-nodes-with-hyper-v-cluster ??

Yeah, you're absolutely right. This is exactly the one to start with.

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

I'll jump in with one that I know but think it is worth talking about and that people are unlikely to know to ask about...

What are the benefits of the LSFS (Log Structured File System) and when would be want to choose it?

The ideal scenario for LSFS is slow spindle drives in RAID 5/50 and RAID 6/60. And the benefits are: eliminating I/O blender, snapshots, boosting synchronization process and overall performance in non-write intensive environments (maximum 60% read/40% write).

@StrongBad said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

How does @StarWind_Software work with NVMe?

StarWind really works with NVMe. We have just added significant performance improvement, so the write performance is doubled now.

@DustinB3403 said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@coliver said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Or even better, what about a non-PowerShell interface for the others?

Is there a non-powershell interface for the Windows version?

Yes, the GUI

We have a few options here: GUI, Web-GUI, Swordfish plugin (soon), SMI-S and VVols.

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Or even better, what about a non-PowerShell interface for the others?

We're currently working on adding a support of Swordfish API. StarWind Swordfish plugin should be released shortly, so please stay tuned!

@dafyre said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

Will we be able to manage all of the Starwind VSA products from the Windows Powershell? Or Is the PowerShell module only made to work on Windows Starwind setups?

Thanks for the question. Poweshell module was made to manage exactly Windows StarWind setup.