Posted by Michael Rakitin on April 10, 2025
Antivirus Exclusions for StarWind VSAN-based Clusters

This article outlines recommended antivirus exclusions and provides basic guidance to ensure stable performance and proper operation of StarWind VSAN-based clusters.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on May 17, 2024
How to provision physical storage to StarWind Virtual SAN Controller Virtual Machine

This article provides information about provision physical storage to StarWind Virtual SAN Controller Virtual Machine.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on December 21, 2023
How to configure Automated Storage Tiering using Microsoft Storage Spaces

This article guides to configure Automated Storage Tiering using Microsoft Storage Spaces.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on August 17, 2023
StarWind VSAN CVM. User permissions required for StarWind vCenter plugin

This article provides a list of the user privileges required for the proper work of the StarWind vCenter plugin.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on January 16, 2023
How to change Synchronization Journal settings for StarWind HA devices

This article guides how to change Synchronization Journal Settings for StarWind HA devices.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on June 14, 2022
Changing, adding and disabling L1 cache – VSAN for vSphere

This article provides guidance on his article provides step-by-step guidance on changing and disabling L1 cache on the HA device on VSAN for vSphere.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on July 26, 2021
How to move a Virtual Machine to Microsoft Failover Cluster

This article provides guidance about steps on how to move virtual machine files to the cluster storage and add the virtual machine to the cluster.
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Posted by Michael Rakitin on November 29, 2019
Automate moving tapes to free media pool in Veeam B&R

This article provides steps that need to be performed in order to automate moving tapes to the Free media pool in Veeam B&R Learn More

Posted by Michael Rakitin on January 23, 2019
Recommended RAID settings for HDD and SSD disks

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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Posted by Michael Rakitin on January 23, 2019
LSFS Container Technical Description

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