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disk-based, fast synchronization, journal synchronization

This article provides guidance on the settings for RAID array creation in case of using SSD or HDD disks for the best performance results with StarWind VSAN.
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performance, RAID

This comparison table explains the difference between StarWind VSAN license types.
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Free, license, paid

This article provides technical description and explanation for LSFS container. Also, it contains a list of requirements for LSFS devices.
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LSFS

This document reveals StarWind’s approach to L1 and L2 cache memory and the ways it’s implemented. The technical paper also contains information on two basic cache policies (Write-Back and Write-Through), as well as gives recommendations on what policy to choose for the highest performance. The document also provides clarity on the interaction of L1 and L2 caches.
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cache, L1 cache, L2 cache

This article provides information and explanation for Asynchronous Replication configuration scenarios.
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Async, Asynchronous Replication

This article describes the access rights settings for the StarWind VSAN targets.
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Access rights, Security

Every systems and storage administrator wants to protect one’s environment from Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, which affect not only Windows PCs, but servers as well.
Most major vendors (Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) have published detailed information about the vulnerabilities and updates, which fix the issue. Other vendors also work on the issue resolution.
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performance, Security

This article provides the guidance regarding MPIO installation/configuration.

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add feature, configuration, configure, explanation, loop back, MPIO, StarWind

There are so many different possible options to install and configure StarWind. Let’s try to keep them all listed to pick up the best possible one for every single use case: Learn More

setup, StarWind