Virtualization and backups are core for most modern IT setups, and Proxmox combines them into one seamless platform. With high availability (HA), live migration, and deduplicated backups, Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server offer a solution designed for modern IT challenges.
Explore how it works in our latest article by Dmytro Malynka, StarWind Product Manager. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/9o
GHG Corporation, a US-based NASA subcontractor, relied on a single Dell EqualLogic SAN, creating a single point of failure (SPOF) with increasing maintenance costs. The company needed a cost-effective solution to ensure redundancy and continuous operations. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), GHG Corporation consolidates CPU, networking, and storage into an efficient two-host solution, ensures high availability (HA) and performance, eliminates SPOF, and reduces IT costs by 50%. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/9l
Azure DevOps Server is a powerhouse for CICD, offering seamless integration with the Microsoft ecosystem. But is the free Express edition enough for your team?
Learn the key differences, explore deployment options, and follow our latest step-by-step guide by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind to install it in a self-hosted environment. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/9i
Lees-McRae College, a US-based educational institution, was struggling with aging servers and slow maintenance processes, operating six standalone Hyper-V hosts with limited redundancy. The college needed a reliable, cost-effective solution to replace outdated servers and streamline maintenance for uninterrupted educational services. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Lees-McRae College consolidates its six servers into a two-node cluster with all-flash arrays, improves performance, and ensures educational service continuity. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/9f
Confused about picking the right file-sharing protocol? Dive into our detailed comparison by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, of NFS and SMB to explore their strengths, weaknesses, and use cases. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/9c
Permolex Ltd., a Canada-based ethanol manufacturing company, operated a production environment that required constant access to operational data and email services. Any downtime for system updates or maintenance posed a risk to their production data. The company needed a solution that could enable local storage synchronization and high availability (HA) without relying on traditional SAN infrastructure. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Permolex Ltd. creates a fault-tolerant cluster with synchronized local storage, achieves 24/7 uptime, seamless system updates, and uninterrupted access to its critical operational data. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/99
Microsoft has introduced Windows 365 Link, a device designed for secure and efficient access to your Cloud PC. With features like fast boot, dual 4K support, and energy efficiency, it’s perfect for remote work, shared desks, and more.
Dive into the details in our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind and discover how Windows 365 Link is changing the way we work. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/96
Diaflor Technologies, a Romanian hospitality services provider, struggled with an IT infrastructure that was limited in flexibility and scalability and costly to manage. The company needed a flexible and cost-effective shared storage solution to achieve high availability (HA) and virtualization. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Diaflor Technologies receives cost-efficient and reliable shared storage, allowing it to create a failover cluster and reduce infrastructure administration costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/93
Do you really have full control over your IT infrastructure? Watch our recently recorded Part II live webinar of "Basic vs. Advanced IT Infra Monitoring" where StarWind Sr. Solutions Engineer Vlad Savchenko and VirtualMetric Sr. Solutions Engineer Mark Arts discuss actionable insights and real-world strategies to combat the toughest monitoring challenges. Learn how VirtualMetric & StarWind’s StarFleet tackle alert fatigue, data overload, and more. Don’t let your infrastructure control you – take charge!
Watch the webinar recording now: https://starwind.com/s/90
The StarWind V2V Converter series wraps up with an exciting new feature – QCOW2v3 support! From larger disks to better encryption, see how this format can transform your VM migration workflow in our latest guide by StarWind Pre-sales Engineer Anton Vovchuk. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8X
CIPTI, a Moldova-based company, was struggling with a virtualized Hyper-V environment that lacked data replication capabilities for its security systems and posed a severe operational risk. The company recognized the need for a modern solution that could improve performance and ensure data availability in times of disaster while addressing security and efficiency concerns. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), CIPTI builds a fault-tolerant IT infrastructure, improves performance, and ensures data availability, thereby increasing its operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/8U
Join us at VMware VMUG UserCon 2024 in Birmingham, UK on November 28! Learn how StarWind HCI products help to cut down virtualization costs and complexity for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge environments. Join us for a day of learning, innovation, and meaningful connections with the VMware experts and VMUG community. #UKVMUG2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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