Windows Updates used to mean multi-gigabyte downloads and long installs. With Enablement Packages, most of the code is already in place, and a small file simply turns it on.
Our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind walks through where this model came from and how it’s used in versions like Windows 11. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y7

CoolNiao, a China-based IT company, had a VMware vSphere infrastructure with servers and hardware storage that could not provide more than three copies of VM data, risking business continuity. The company required a cost-efficient storage solution capable of maintaining multiple redundant VM data copies without relying on expensive additional hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), CoolNiao replaces the legacy storage, deploys a high-availability cluster, and maintains the necessary data copies while ensuring resilience and zero downtime. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y4

American Data Technology, Inc. (ADTI), a provider of physical and virtual hosting services, relied on local storage for its VMware-based infrastructure, which caused scalability limits, performance bottlenecks, complex management, and no redundancy. The company required a cost-effective shared storage solution that delivered enterprise-class performance and ease of management without overspending on unnecessary features. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), ADTI achieves scalable, redundant, and high-performance shared storage for its VMware infrastructure and ensures reliable operations, simplified management, and significant cost savings. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xy

Today’s Graphics Processing Units are behind everything – from 3D graphics to AI training and scientific research. Explore the basics of GPU architecture and how it all works in our latest comprehensive guide by Ivan Ischenko for aStarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/y1

Need more than the default Proxmox dashboard? Our new guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind walks you through three community-recommended tools that deliver insights, alerts, and clean reports without overcomplicating your setup. Installation steps are included so you can start right away. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xv

Advanced Consulting Enterprises, Inc., a U.S. IT services provider, struggled with a VMware-based infrastructure lacking redundancy and prone to frequent downtime and performance bottlenecks. The company required a simple, scalable, and affordable way to enhance resiliency and eliminate single points of failure without investing in complex SAN hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Advanced Consulting Enterprises, Inc. creates a highly available (HA), high-performance storage environment and achieves improved infrastructure resiliency and scalability, while reducing costs and complexity. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xs

Running Proxmox VE 8 in production or homelab? Version 9 is a solid upgrade, that comes with major performance boosts, better Ceph integration, improved HA clustering, and enhanced storage management.
But before you hit that Proxmox VE 9 upgrade button, make sure you’ve handled your backups, repository changes, and compatibility checks. Our step-by-step guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind explains every command you need from start to finish. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xp

Red Road Networks LLC, a U.S.-based IT services provider, had a single Microsoft Hyper-V host with direct-attached storage (DAS) that lacked clustering and redundancy, risking downtime from both planned and unplanned outages. The company required a cost-effective way to achieve near-zero downtime for its client company without the expense and complexity of traditional shared storage. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Red Road Networks LLC builds a 2-node Hyper-V failover cluster, ensuring high availability (HA) and minimal maintenance and reducing both capital and maintenance costs for its client company. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xm

Parity RAID is still one of the best ways to balance cost, performance, and redundancy. But the real question in 2025 isn’t how RAID works, it’s whether RAID 5 is still safe or if RAID 6 should be the new default.
Our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko for StarWind explains how rebuild times, URE risk, and drive size impact reliability, so you know when single parity is fine and when dual parity is essential. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xj

That yellow warning in VMware vSphere isn’t harmless – ignored consolidation issues can tank performance and even break your backups.
In our latest guide by Ivan Ischenko for StarWind, we explain why this happens and walk you through the fastest ways to resolve it. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xg

Rodillian Multi Academy Trust, a UK-based network of schools, struggled with outdated, unsupported hardware and fragmented domains across multiple schools, making centralized management and future growth unfeasible. The Trust required a resilient, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure to centralize its IT services and support organizational expansion. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Rodillian Multi Academy Trust modernizes and centralizes its IT infrastructure, achieving improved performance, resilience, and scalability and enabling reliable delivery of digital learning tools and administrative services. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xd

Kubernetes is great at scaling apps, but it doesn’t natively protect Persistent Data. Databases, queues, and analytics workloads need reliable backups.
Our latest guide by Marius Sandbu, a cloud-native and end-user computing expert, for StarWind explains the risks, shows why Veeam Kasten is essential, and walks you through setting it up in Azure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xa

Milchwerk Jäger GmbH, a German-based dairy products manufacturer, faced severe performance issues and scalability limitations with its legacy storage setup based on Synology SHA clusters and IBM V3700. The company needed a cost-effective, high-performance, and hardware-agnostic storage solution that supports failover clustering and allows geographic separation of nodes. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) and StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Milchwerk Jäger GmbH modernizes and simplifies its IT infrastructure, achieves high availability (HA) and increased performance across geographically separated nodes, which resulted in reduced downtime, increased efficiency, and $1.5–2 million annual cost savings. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/x7

Skipping a data migration plan is like rolling dice with business continuity. A solid plan reduces risks, prevents downtime, and protects your data.
Discover key steps and best practices for a seamless transition in our latest article by Ivan Ischenko for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/x4

Edge handles split-second reactions – like cars braking or sensors in a factory – while the cloud stores, analyzes, and scales. Both matter, but for different reasons.
Check out our latest article by Ivan Ischenko for StarWind to find out whether Edge Computing or Cloud Computing fits your needs best. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/x1

Book Depot Inc, a Canada-based wholesale distributor of bargain books, struggled with long storage resync times and no vendor support under its Microsoft HCI setup, leading to costly downtime and maintenance headaches. The company needed a cost-effective, stable solution with fast replication and 24/7 technical support, without replacing its existing hardware. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Book Depot Inc repurposes its refurbished infrastructure into a high-availability (HA) system with rapid replication, simple management, and round-the-clock support, saving $40,000 for every hour of avoided downtime and cutting storage resync time from 5 hours to 15 minutes. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/wy

From GDPR and CCPA to ransomware and outages, organizations face constant risks. Our latest complete guide by Michael Rakitin for StarWind explains what data protection, data privacy, and data security mean, how they differ, and how to apply them to safeguard your most valuable asset – data. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/wv

News Corp Australia, a major media organization, had an ESXi-based infrastructure that relied on traditional storage and was difficult to manage and upgrade. A software-defined storage solution was needed to reduce complexity, improve manageability, and support seamless scalability within the existing environment. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), News Corp Australia simplifies storage management and upgrades in its ESXi environment, achieving improved operational efficiency and reducing IT overhead. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ws

VMware Cloud Foundation9 (with vSphere9 and NSX 9) introduces big changes – and that includes dropping some long-standing features. Check out our latest article by Alex Samoylenko for StarWind to see what’s deprecated and what to use instead. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/wp

Proxmox is leveling up! The new Proxmox Data center Manager (Beta 0.9) offers a centralized UI for managing multiple Proxmox VE nodes and clusters. Dive into our latest technical overview by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/wm