Copy-on-Write changes the game by eliminating unnecessary duplication. Need to clone a VM? Snapshot a database? CoW handles it all – efficiently.
Explore from our latest article by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, how this simple concept leads to huge savings in time, storage, and performance. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/dr
Alfa Adhesives, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial adhesives, relied on an aging Dell PowerEdge VRTX system with single points of failure. The company needed cost-effective shared storage to replace its end-of-life servers without the complexity and expense of traditional SAN-based solutions. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Alfa Adhesives, Inc. creates a fully redundant two-node system on familiar Dell hardware, ensures high availability (HA), reduces costs, and simplifies management while delivering seamless performance and ensuring operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/do
SMBs should be aware that VMware / Broadcom ’s new rules could be a big blow to your budget. With a 72-core minimum license requirement, you could end up paying for more than you use. And that’s not the only bad news.
Get all the details in our latest guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind before these changes affect your costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/dl
The Broadcom - VMware deal left many IT teams questioning what’s next. If you’re exploring alternatives, this in-depth article by Roman Bitsiuk, a StarWind Senior Support Engineer, compares VMware and Nutanix side by side. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/di
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
Virtual Machines (VMs) help save money, reduce hardware sprawl, and boost flexibility. But how exactly do they work? Our latest guide by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, makes it all easy to understand – from components to benefits and beyond. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/dc
St Peter's Church of England Aided School, an educational institution, struggled with an outdated and overly complex IT infrastructure that was costly, time-consuming, and difficult to maintain for its small IT team. It needed a streamlined, cost-effective IT solution with simplified management and proactive support. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), St Peter's Church of England Aided School creates a hyperconverged IT environment, reduces its hardware footprint from six to only two nodes, cuts energy costs, ensures responsive 24/7 support, and achieves substantial operational cost reduction. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/d9
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
Yes, you can run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on a single host in your home lab. And this doesn’t have to mean juggling a dozen blog posts. Our latest article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind brings it all together: deployment, configuration, networking – all the steps, all in one place.
Want a clear, full look at how VCF works in a compact setup? Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/d3
Kundan Group, an India-based leading manufacturing and exporting company, had a non-clustered Hyper-V environment, causing frequent downtime, and lacked redundancy. The company required a shared storage solution to provide high availability (HA) and redundancy for its core applications and eliminate downtime. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Kundan Group builds a clustered HA environment, ensures redundancy for its core applications, and saves $200,000 in five months. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/d0
Feeling lost with all the vSwitch load balancing options? Our latest guide by Daryna Havrada, StarWind Technical Support Engineer, explains each policy, when to use it, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
Don’t leave your network performance to chance – learn the best practices now. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cX
AVR, Inc., a US-based software development company, faced limitations with its single, non-clustered Hyper-V servers, which put critical applications at risk of downtime. The company needed a cost-effective solution to achieve high availability (HA) and fault tolerance without investing in extra hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), AVR, Inc. creates a clustered IT environment with HA and redundancy functionalities, reducing downtime to zero and ensuring the smooth operation of its electronic billing system. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cU
Looking for a VMware replacement? With licensing changes shaking things up, now's the time to explore your options. We’ve analyzed top alternatives, covering features, integrations, and ecosystem support. Check out our latest guide by Marius Sandbu, a cloud-native and end-user computing expert, for StarWind to find the best fit for your needs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cR
Microsoft is making big improvements to ReFS in Windows Server 2025! With new features, ReFS is more powerful than ever. Don’t miss our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind – learn all about the latest updates. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cO
iF1 Solutions, a Canada-based IT services provider, struggled with scaling and upgrading its legacy HPE infrastructure due to unclear upgrade paths, high costs, and deployment complexity. The company needed a hyperconverged platform to achieve scalability and reduce licensing costs. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), iF1 Solutions adopts hyperconvergence, streamlines management, improves scalability, and saves $10,000–$20,000 per client compared to HPE/Dell solutions. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cL
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
Volex, a global manufacturer of power and data transmission solutions, had a 10-year-old IT infrastructure with traditional servers and iSCSI storage, causing slow performance and inefficiencies. The company required a cost-effective shared storage solution to replace its aging servers and storage. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Volex achieves a reliable hyperconverged infrastructure, faster data access, and high availability (HA), thus ensuring continuous electronic manufacturing operations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cF
HAProxy is a powerful tool for managing server traffic, and when paired with Keepalived, it ensures your system stays available even if a server goes down. Learn how to configure these tools on Linux based CentOS 10 step by step in our latest guide by Karim Buzdar, an IT Engineer & Linux Expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cC
Keeping your security settings consistent across all your servers can be a challenge. OSConfig helps prevent configuration drift by automatically enforcing security baselines in Windows Server 2025.
Learn how to install, configure, and take advantage of this must-have security tool in our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cz
Illinois Community Credit Union, a financial institution, relied on a traditional physical SAN, which lacked connectivity redundancies, and upgrading it was impossible due to manufacturer constraints. Finding a cost-effective alternative with built-in redundancy was critical to maintaining uninterrupted operations. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Illinois Community Credit Union enhances storage redundancy and high availability (HA), ensures infrastructure resilience, and saves $10,000 in hardware costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/cw