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Meet StarWind at UK VMUG UserCon 2024
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Why DNS Matters for Your Veeam Backup Fabric
Did you know that unreliable DNS could derail your backup and restore operations? Discover in the new article by Didier Van Hoye, a Microsoft MVP, for StarWind how to set up a dedicated, independent DNS server in your Veeam Backup Fabric to keep your backups resilient – even in the face of disaster. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8Q
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StarWind Success Story: Build a virtualized environment with StarWind VSAN
Savronik Elektronik A.Ş., a Turkey-based engineering company, operated an IT infrastructure with physical SAN devices that were costly to maintain and occupied lots of space. The company needed a cost-effective virtual shared storage solution that could reduce hardware costs and provide redundancy. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Savronik Elektronik A.Ş creates a virtualized environment, achieves redundancy, and enhances reliability in its IT infrastructure without the need for additional SAN devices, streamlining its operations and reducing IT operational expenditures (OpEx). Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8N
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Mastering Data Archiving: A Must for Every Business
What sets Data Archiving apart from backups? It’s about building a vault for dormant data, keeping it secure, compliant, and ready when needed. Learn from our new guide by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, how proper archiving boosts performance and helps businesses stay audit-ready. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8K
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StarWind Success Story: Achieve high availability with StarWind VSAN
Stevens & Co, a distributor of Ryobi products in the African region, ran standalone Hyper-V servers with internal storage that was costly to maintain and presented a single point of failure (SPOF). The company needed a cost-effective solution that would ensure high availability (HA) without investment in new hardware. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Stevens & Co creates a 2-node fault-tolerant cluster using its existing hardware and eliminates a SPOF issue without the need for costly infrastructure changes, thus cutting IT operational expenditures (OpEx) and ensuring business continuity. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8F
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Powerful AI/ML Workloads, Streamlined Costs
Achieve near-bare-metal performance for AI and ML tasks with VMware Cloud Foundation and NVIDIA GPUs! This dynamic duo brings GPU virtualization and resource isolation, allowing for better resource allocation, security, and flexibility in a virtualized environment.
Check out the article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind for all the details. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8C -
StarWind Success Story: Replace costly physical backup hardware with StarWind
Xpert Consultancy, a British managed IT service provider (MSP), was struggling with a costly storage infrastructure and a software solution that was incompatible with the latest version of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), putting the company’s data at risk. It needed a cost-effective and compatible virtual storage solution. By implementing StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Xpert Consultancy eliminated the need for costly physical tape hardware, significantly reduced IT operational expenses (OpEx), and ensured the safety of its backup data. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8y
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Why Air-Gapped Backups Are a Must in 2024
With ransomware attacks on the rise, businesses are turning to air-gapped backups for strong data protection. But what exactly are they, and how do they keep your data safe?
Our latest guide Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, breaks down the essentials, including types, benefits, and the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy. Find out why air-gapped backups are becoming essential for cybersecurity. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8v -
StarWind Success Story: Build a fault-tolerant IT infrastructure with StarWind
Goshen Community Schools, an American educational institution, was struggling with its costly IT infrastructure, which was underperforming and had a single point of failure (#SPOF) without data redundancy. As data demands grew, the institution required a cost-effective shared storage solution to create a fault-tolerant cluster and build performance-optimized storage. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Goshen Community Schools gains scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability (HA) without breaking the bank, thus ensuring uninterrupted educational services. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8s
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Basic vs. Advanced IT Infra Monitoring Part II: Control or Illusion?
Think you have control over your IT infrastructure? The real test is in the details! Join our upcoming webinar to discover how VirtualMetric and StarWind’s StarFleet prototype tackle issues like information overload, alert fatigue, and network latency. Register now: https://starwind.com/s/8p
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Containers Aren’t Just for Linux! See What’s Possible with Windows Server 2022
Curious about containers on Windows? With new features like Kubernetes support and Azure integration, Windows Server 2022 is making container management more accessible than ever.
Learn how it can work for your setup in our latest article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8m -
StarWind Success Story: Boost performance with StarWind HCI Appliance
Flotman Sp. Z o. o., a Poland-based IT company, faced significant performance and reliability issues due to its non-virtualized, aging infrastructure. The company realized the need to virtualize its IT environment and build a cost-efficient and redundant IT Infrastructure. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Flotman Sp. Z o. o. creates a hyperconverged IT environment, achieves fault tolerance, and enhances its IT operations, all while avoiding the expense of a traditional SAN setup. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8j
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RDMA: The Answer to Data Bottlenecks and Latency Issues
Dealing with latency and CPU load? RDMA might be the answer. It enables data to move directly between devices, bypassing traditional bottlenecks. Dive into our latest article by Dmytro Malynka, StarWind Product Manager, for a closer look at RDMA’s advantages and real-world use cases in data centers, AI, and more. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8g
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StarWind Success Story: Build a fault-tolerant IT infrastructure with StarWind
AllPro Technologies, a US-based IT company, was having issues with a slow and error-prone Hyper-V replication process, making the IT environment unreliable. So, a solution was needed that would enhance IT infrastructure resilience without requiring a significant hardware investment. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), AllPro Technologies now enjoys high availability (HA), fault tolerance, and instant failover with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) - all while ensuring business continuity and avoiding costly SAN investments. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8d
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vSphere 8 Configuration Profiles: Keep Your Environment Compliant!
Configuration drift can be a real headache, but VMware vSphere 8 offers a solution. With Configuration Profiles and custom alarms, you can spot issues early and keep your environment compliant.
Find out from our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind how to set up custom alarms to keep your VMware Infrastructure on track. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8a -
StarWind Success Story: Achieve High Availability with StarWind VSAN
IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH, a German company, faced issues with its slow and unreliable Windows Server infrastructure, which was virtualized on Hyper-V and relied on DFS Replication to synchronize servers. The company needed a highly available (HA) solution that could serve as a central data store for its virtual machines (VMs) and applications without resorting to an expensive hardware #SAN. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH established an HA shared storage cluster, enhancing data transfer rates and overall system performance, leading to improved operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/87
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Cut Costs Without Cutting Performance
Tiered Storage could be the answer to saving on storage expenses without losing out on speed and reliability. Explore in our latest article by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, how this approach sorts data based on access frequency, helping you save on storage costs and improve data management. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/84
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StarWind Success Story: Boost Productivity with StarWind VSAN
Schneider Packaging Equipment, a US-based manufacturing company, was running physical Dell servers, which caused rising heat signatures and was costly to maintain, increasing the company’s IT TCO. It needed a solution that would address the heat issue and high maintenance costs while enhancing the efficiency of its IT infrastructure without requiring extensive investment in new hardware. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Schneider Packaging Equipment was able to transition to a virtualized IT environment, solve the heat signature issue, cut costs, and improve operational efficiencies. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/81
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Secure Your Network with DHCP & DNS Best Practices
Think DHCP and DNS are just for Active Directory? Think again! Here’s how we configured secure DHCP and dynamic DNS updates in a workgroup for high-performance workstations that simply don’t fit the cloud model.
It’s time to master network management outside AD with our latest guide by Didier Van Hoye, a Microsoft MVP, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/7Y -
StarWind Success Story: Build a scalable IT infrastructure with StarWind VSAN
ProPortion Foods, a U.S.-based food production company, struggled with the high costs of maintaining and upgrading its HPE MSA SAN, which hindered its ability to scale effectively. The company needed a solution that could reduce its IT costs and provide the scalability required to support future growth. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), ProPortion Foods creates a reliable and scalable IT infrastructure, reduces warranty costs, and optimizes long-term operational expenses (OpEx). Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/7V