Cost-efficient open-source solution or industry-standard reliability? Proxmox VE and VMware ESXi both offer powerful virtualization capabilities, but they differ in pricing, ease of use, and performance. We’ve broken down the key differences in our latest article by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, to help you choose. Read more: https://starwind.com/s/cI

Windows tends to pile up stuff you don’t need. Our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind introduces tools that help you declutter and fine-tune your system. Easy to use, totally free, and super effective. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/d6

Jan-Pro Calgary, a Canadian commercial cleaning service provider, faced growing concerns about storage capacity and redundancy as its expanding operations remained reliant on a single standalone server. The company needed a cost-effective solution to achieve shared storage redundancy and high availability for its growing IT infrastructure. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Jan-Pro Calgary establishes a fully redundant two-node Hyper-V failover cluster, enables shared storage redundancy, and successfully completes its project of building an in-house datacenter within budget constraints. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/df

Microsoft ’s Remote Desktop client is on the way out, with end-of-support set for March 27, 2026. Check out the full guide by Brandon Lee, IT Consultant, for StarWind to learn what's changing and where to migrate. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/dy

If you’re looking for a way out of the VMware ecosystem, HPE VM Essentials might be the solution. It’s a new hypervisor based on KVM and managed via Morpheus Data, supporting both KVM and vSphere environments.
We tested it to see how it performs. Check out our detailed review and walkthrough by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ph

AnduinOS is a Ubuntu-based distro built for users who prefer a Windows-like graphical interface without the extra system requirements.

Find out in our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind what it offers, how it performs, and why it’s worth a try. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/qq

The Peelle Company, a Canadian manufacturer of elevator door systems, struggled with inflexible, outdated NAS storage that hindered effective resource distribution. The company needed a cost-effective solution to build a scalable, highly available (HA) IT environment. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), The Peelle Company creates a two-node HA cluster, enhancing resource allocation and ensuring uninterrupted order processing operations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/rb

The debate is still alive in 2025. Our new article by Roman Bitsiuk, a StarWind Senior Support Engineer, helps developers, sysadmins, and IT leaders decide how to build flexible, scalable IT infrastructure – whether it's with containers, Virtual Machines, or a mix of both. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/re