StarWind presents its new cost-effective and rock-solid solution - StarWind Storage Gateway for Calamu - to protect your backups from the ransomware attacks such as data theft and exfiltration. In 2022, ransomware attacks on average cost companies $4.5M. Depending on the company size, downtime can cost a company between $10K per hour to $5M+ per hour. StarWind Storage Gateway for Calamu not only saves your money but also prevents tampering and theft of your personal data, as well as fully automates the backup and tiering processes to any cloud and object storage.

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VMware introduced a number of enhancements in vSphere 8.0, including updates for vMotion. Most notably, the speed has been improved for both hot and cold migrations. However, VMware claims that cold migration is now x3 times faster than it was before. This is a positive development since previously, migration would take up too many hours.

Read the article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, on what’s new to note in the latest installment of VMware vMotion.

Businesses adopting multicloud creates new loopholes in cybersecurity. However, establishing a VPN (virtual private network) between your cloud providers, for example, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), can help address some of the concerns. There’s never too much when it comes to data availability and data safety.

See the step-by-step guide by Nicolas Prigent, a three-time Microsoft MVP, on how to create a VPN between Azure and AWS.

Selux, a New York-based lighting manufacturer, had individual non-redundant physical servers the updating of which entailed high IT operational expenses (OpEx). As the price was a large concern for a smaller company, Selux was looking for a cost-efficient solution. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), the company builds a hyperconverged infrastructure, gets rid of numerous physical servers, achieves redundancy, and saves $10,000 in a year on its OpEx.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Even among seasoned IT professionals, backups, disaster recovery, and restore time metrics are a far-from-glamorous area of operations, but one that comes into its own when (not if) problems occur. The multi-compatible automated StarWind VTL backup platform is highly attractive to money-conscious SMEs who want the 3-2-1 backup rule but without any performance or security compromise.

Read the T_HQ article on how the virtualization-based StarWind VTL unites the best of both hot and cold storage worlds while coming with awesome financial, support, and DR benefits on top.

Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) being a software as a service (SaaS) leads to organizations having multiple AKS clusters. Managing these diverse and multiple containerized environments is tricky and inefficient at this point in the game. Having a new management solution from Microsoft will surely help the process.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, on Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, a new solution for managing AKS clusters.

CShaheen Tech, an American IT consulting company, needed shared storage to improve its imperfect disaster recovery solution and ensure the continuous operation of its business. The company was looking for a cost-efficient choice that would be applicable for use on its existing servers and wouldn't require additional hardware. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), CShaheen Tech deploys a high availability (HA) storage cluster, creates a hyperconverged infrastructure, and enables the operation of its critical services 24/7.
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

It is recommended to use SSSD (System Security Services Daemon) as the authentication method of choice for joining Linux VMs (in the newer OS versions) to Active Directory. SSSD allows you to connect local systems to external ones, as well as access remote directories and authentication mechanisms safely.

Read the new guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a virtualization expert, on what steps to take to connect your Linux VMs to Active Directory via SSSD, for better cybersecurity.

A. L. Thompson's, a British building materials retailer, had a VMware environment with local storage and ESXi on top, but with no high availability (HA) and redundancy. It also needed to optimize intense virtualized workloads between the ESXi hosts. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), A. L. Thompson's deploys an HA cluster, achieves required scalability with the bare minimum of expense, and ensures 24/7 business operations.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Azure Arc enables users to extend the functionality of Azure Resource Manager to on-premises environments (including VMware vSphere) or other clouds. It brings better visibility, control, and management. This is a great tool as managing hybrid or multi-cloud is daunting, as well as it can cause security compromises.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, on the management and peace of mind benefits Microsoft brings to users worldwide with Azure Arc.

Graham Corporation, a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of vacuum and heat transfer equipment, had an expensive physical SAN which was a single point of failure (SPOF) and took a lot of rack space. So, the company needed virtual shared storage to achieve fault tolerance and reduce high IT operational expenses. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Graham Corporation creates a high availability (HA) storage cluster, eliminates a SPOF issue, builds a hyperconverged environment, reduces its rack space usage by one-third, and saves around $10K a year on its OPEX.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Savronik Elektronik A.Ş., a Turkish defense and intelligent transportation systems manufacturer, had an IT infrastructure with dozens of physical SAN devices that took up a lot of space and required a lot of money to service them. The company was desperate to find reasonably priced virtual shared storage that would reduce the number of hardware resources, provide redundancy, and ensure stable IT infrastructure performance. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Savronik Elektronik A.Ş. creates a high availability (HA) cluster, gets constant uptime, and achieves its business operations 24/7.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

As one of the oldest virtualization technology vendors, VMware has had its fair share of ups and downs along the way. At VMware Explore 2022, the company introduced a way to fix the long-time complications with bugs in their major updates - IA/GA (Initial Availability/General Availability) release model. It is a part of their latest VMware vSphere 8 release.

Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, a virtualization technology professional, to find out how the new VMware vSphere IA/GA model presents a more comprehensive approach to deal with possible bugs in all major and update vSphere releases.

Rocky Linux is one of the most popular Linux distros out there. Developed by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, it is a binary-compatible release that uses the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system source code. Its latest release is supposed to be installed from scratch on a separate machine. However, there are ways to remedy that.

Read the new guide by Karim Buzdar on how to upgrade your existing Rocky Linux distribution from 8.x to 9 using the command line.

GCL Diesel, a Canadian diesel service and diesel part distribution company, had non-redundant servers that increased downtime and slowed down the operation of its critical services. The company first considered physical SAN, but it did not fit the budget constraints. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), GCL Diesel deploys a high availability (HA) storage cluster, cuts IT operational expenses, and enables its business operation 24/7.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Are you tired of sifting through logs to find the information you need? Log Analytics Workspace is a handy Microsoft service that allows you to view your Azure logs in one unified space.

Accessing logs isn’t as easy as it sounds, and singling out the ones you really want may prove tricky. Luckily, you can have all your desired logs in the palm of your hand without any hassle.

Check out the guide by Florent Appointare, a Microsoft Engineer, on how to access your Azure logs conveniently in Log Analytics Workspace.

Cybercrime is rampant today, and it seems that each day a new threat emerges. Preventing your data from elimination is a must-have, but preventing data theft is no less important.

Want something more than immutable backups? Check out this quick brief from StorageReview featuring StarWind Storage Gateway for Calamu.

ProcessPro, a U.S.-based software development company, had an aging SAN that increased the risk of disk failures and downtime, slowing down the overall operation of its critical technical services. The company was looking for a solution that would increase performance and add high availability (HA) to its IT infrastructure. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), ProcessPro deploys an HA storage cluster, accelerates the infrastructure performance, and enables its 24/7 business operations.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Our tech-focused webinar starts in 1 hour and there’s still time to register! On it, Orest Lesyuk (Solutions Engineer, StarWind) will uncover all ins and outs of creating a bulletproof Disaster Recovery plan for modern small- and midsize enterprises (SMEs).

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Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc., a U.S.-based non-profit organization, had a standalone Hyper-V host and aging physical servers that compromised its IT infrastructure performance. The organization was looking for a solution that would be applicable for use on its existing servers and wouldn't require additional hardware, as well as would allow increasing the performance and adding high availability (HA) for its IT infrastructure. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc. creates an HA storage cluster, accelerates the infrastructure performance, and enables its business operation 24/7.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.