Formica UK & Ireland, a worldwide laminate manufacturer, faced costly, oversized IT infrastructure that exceeded its needs. The company wanted to streamline its excessive IT infrastructure footprint, reduce maintenance costs, and refine its backup strategy. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA) and StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Formica UK & Ireland modernizes its IT infrastructure, boosts performance by 57%, improves data redundancy with long-term backup offloading, and recovers one-third of its capital expenditures (CapEx) within two years. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/by

Choosing the right backup solution for Proxmox VE? Should you stick with Proxmox Backup Server or go with Veeam? We compare both options in terms of features, performance, ease of use, and cost in our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko, StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, to help you decide. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bv

Benshaw Canada Controls Inc., a manufacturer of motor controls, faced downtime and maintenance challenges with a single ESXi server, making it difficult to perform updates without disrupting production. The company needed a reliable and cost-effective solution to achieve high availability (HA), reduce downtime, and streamline operations. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Benshaw Canada Controls replaces its outdated setup with a redundant, scalable, cost-effective, hyperconverged infrastructure that enables seamless maintenance and uninterrupted production. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bs

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) provides great flexibility, but with a few optimizations, you can make it even more efficient. Check out the full guide with practical tweaks by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind to get the most out of WSL. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bp

VMware ’s new licensing model has many IT teams looking for alternatives. ProxmoxVE is a solid choice, and Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 simplifies the migration process. Check out our latest full migration guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bm

MTE Logistix, a Canada-based logistics company, faced security and redundancy challenges with its cloud-based IT infrastructure. The company needed a flexible and secure solution for its data center migration. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), MTE Logistix ensured uninterrupted business operations and gained true redundancy, mirroring storage between servers for flawless high availability (HA) and protection against downtime. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bj

A solid IT infrastructure isn’t just about speed, it’s about cost efficiency. Secondary Storage plays a crucial role in maintaining this balance. Discover what is secondary storage, its use cases, and operating principles in our latest article by Daryna Havrada, StarWind Technical Support Engineer. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bg

Exhibit Options, a US-based full-service custom design provider, was struggling with an IT infrastructure that limited its ability to adapt to changing workloads. The company needed a cost-effective solution to enhance high availability (HA), fault tolerance, and scalability. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Exhibit Options gained a two-node HA cluster, improving scalability and ensuring seamless operations for future growth. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/bd

Both hypervisors offer powerful virtualization capabilities, but they both have their pros and cons. Our in-depth comparison by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, highlights key differences in features, ecosystem support, and long-term costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ba

Upgrading to Windows Server 2025? The big question is whether to go for an in-place upgrade or a clean install. We’ve compared both approaches, highlighting their pros, cons, and best practices in our latest detailed guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind to help you decide. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/b7

Westmoreland Mining, a US-based mining company, struggled with aging, costly SAN infrastructure at its remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations, limiting scalability and efficiency. It needed a cost-effective hyperconverged solution that avoided expensive additional hardware. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Westmoreland Mining builds a hyperconverged IT infrastructure and ensures 24/7 operations at its ROBO locations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/b4

Thinking about using Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS) for VPNs in Windows Server 2025? Microsoft has changed the default protocols, making older ones obsolete.
Learn how to install, configure, and optimize RRAS for secure remote access from our latest detailed guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aV

If you’ve been using the Active Directory Replication Status Tool, you might have noticed it’s no longer available. But don’t worry – there’s an alternative option!
Learn from our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind where to find it, how it works, and why it’s a must-have for troubleshooting AD replication. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aQ

Greenwood Village South, a US-based non-profit organization, was using an outdated IT infrastructure with aging servers, risking downtime and operational inefficiency. It needed a cost-effective solution that provided high availability (HA), scalability, and simplified management without vendor lock-in. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Greenwood Village South replaces its aging servers with a unified hyperconverged platform, delivering HA and flexibility for long-term growth while avoiding hypervisor lock-in. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aN

Why does a Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster generate twice the network traffic during writes? We ran experiments to test it. Dive into the technical details in our latest article by Volodymyr Khrystenko, a StarWind Solution Architect, and understand how it might affect your infrastructure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aK

VIP Technology Solutions Group, a US-based full-service technology provider for SMBs, operated individual, non-clustered servers with Microsoft Hyper-V on top that lacked failover clustering, risking operational interruptions. The company needed a cost-effective solution that could provide fault tolerance and eliminate the need for separate storage networks. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), VIP Technology Solutions Group creates a cost-effective, multi-node hyperconverged infrastructure, thus gaining uninterrupted business operations and reducing costs by 35% compared to other options. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aH

Looking for a VMware alternative that won’t stretch your budget? XCP_ng hypervisor is open-source, user-friendly, and comes with built-in backup tool and VM migration utility.
Learn more about XCP-ng and how it can help your organization in our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aE

Why is Microsoft making TPM 2.0 a non-negotiable requirement for Windows 11? This hardware drives key security features like Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) and Secured-Core PCs, but it also creates challenges for legacy systems.
Learn from our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind how to navigate these changes and enhance your IT security. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aB

The client company of AiT Services, an ICT consulting company, faced escalating costs and inefficiency from maintaining end-of-life (EOL) physical servers with limited scalability and no redundancy. The existing infrastructure was prone to hardware failures and significant downtime. So, AiT Services needed a cost-effective solution to ensure redundancy and modernize the client’s IT infrastructure. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), AiT Services brings redundancy, simplified management, and enhanced scalability to the client’s IT infrastructure, thus improving its operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ay

Fast backups, quick restores, and high security – these are just a few reasons businesses rely on Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBA). Dive into the details and see how they work in our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko, StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/av