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by FlashMe
Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out
Replies: 12
Views: 7676

Re: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out

No Problem. I built many StarWind VSAN Installations before so i can give you some tips for best performance. What is the Design of both Hyper-V Nodes ? Which Vendor do you use ? Hardware RAID or Software RAID like Storage Spaces ? What disk types do you use ? Before you install StarWind VSAN check ...
by FlashMe
Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out
Replies: 12
Views: 7676

Re: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out

@iceet: You can write me an PN if you need help to implement a hyper-v Cluster with starwind vsan. Or feel free to contact the awesome presales Team ;-)
by FlashMe
Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out
Replies: 12
Views: 7676

Re: StarWind Virtual SAN iSER option greyed out

Hey, as far as i know iSER is not supported on Virtual Network Adapter like Hyper-V Network Adapter or VMXNET3 on VMware. Why dont you go the way and install StarWind VSAN on both Hyper-V Server locally ? Then you can use iSER on SYNC Links and additional loopback connections for CSV. Be aware iSER ...
by FlashMe
Mon Aug 28, 2023 5:39 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: StarWind VSAN uncompatible with newest Broadcom and DELL PER
Replies: 4
Views: 3677

Re: StarWind VSAN uncompatible with newest Broadcom and DELL PER

Hello Yaroslav, If you run StarWind VSAN inside a VM PCie Passthrough dont Work too. Because you can only create 4K RAID one These RAID controllers. The Windows VM see it as 4k too. So after that you cannot create 512-Byte Virtual Disk inside Starwind Management Console on this RAID for Systems whic...
by FlashMe
Sun Aug 27, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: StarWind VSAN uncompatible with newest Broadcom and DELL PER
Replies: 4
Views: 3677

StarWind VSAN uncompatible with newest Broadcom and DELL PER

Hey Guys, hope you all are donig well ? We found out that newest Broadcom and DELL PERC12 RAID Controller uses 4K for RAID Blocksize. Since you cant Change the Blocksize to 512-Byte, converged Setups with 2 StarWind Nodes and VMware ESXi or other Linux Distros is not possible anymore.Many customer u...
by FlashMe
Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: 2-Node HCI Cluster (Hyper-v) not getting full network speed
Replies: 5
Views: 1887

Re: 2-Node HCI Cluster (Hyper-v) not getting full network speed

Hello Yaroslav, Yes current Release of iperf3. No sync is getting much better speeds after disabling rss and deactivating Autotuninglevel. Did some tests today on an 2 node R750 Cluster with mellanox cards and can reproduce it.On Default settings Sync and ISCSI is Limited. After disabling rss and au...
by FlashMe
Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: 2-Node HCI Cluster (Hyper-v) not getting full network speed
Replies: 5
Views: 1887

2-Node HCI Cluster (Hyper-v) not getting full network speed

Hello Guys, if you are interested in getting full speed for your sync and iscsi nics: this thread is for you: On a fresh 2 Node Hyper-v Cluster we did some performance tests and network tuning. Hardware consists of 2x Dell R450 Server with 2x Mellanox Connectx-5 (10/25Gbe) cards for iscsi and sync t...
by FlashMe
Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Status of feature "avoid full syncs after outages"
Replies: 9
Views: 3281

Re: Status of feature "avoid full syncs after outages"

New version of StarWind VSAN for Hyper-v was released today. https://www.starwindsoftware.com/release-notes-build We will see how it will run :-) "Added synchronization journal places on a disk with two working strategies: Best Performance: The strategy provides better I/O performance while all...
by FlashMe
Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Error at Replication stage
Replies: 13
Views: 3829

Re: Error at Replication stage

@yaroslav: Customer is using vSphere not Hyper-v. The link is for hyper-v.. @KIshore CA: Building Process of StarWind VSAN is really simple if you build up the ESXi Nodes and networking correctly. Please check following: Go to your VSA Appliance via Browser: https://"ipaddressofyourvsa":90...
by FlashMe
Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Error at Replication stage
Replies: 13
Views: 3829

Re: Error at Replication stage

Hello KIshore CA, please confirm following situation: • You are using VMware vSphere as Hypervisor (Not Hyper-v): • You are using StarWind Appliance for vSphere?: • You are using StarWind VSAN inside Windows VM on top of VMware vSphere?: • StarWind Management Console is installed on seperate Server ...
by FlashMe
Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 2297

Re: Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance

So first small Tests looks pretty good. I will publish results and latency summary tomorrow. Starting Point: -------------------------- 4K Random Read IOPS on Local RAID Controller: 384.000 IOPS per Node, 1500 MB/s (Dell H755 inside of StarWind Virtual Appliance which ist mounted via Pcie Passthroug...
by FlashMe
Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:03 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 2297

Re: Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance

Thank you :-)

Tests are currently being carried out. I will update this Thread in the upcoming days.
by FlashMe
Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:15 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 2297

Hello from the field: StarWind VSAN Performance

Hello Guys, pretty new to the StarWind forum but not for the awesome VSAN Software. We are a StarWind Partner in Germany and a new customer project will start tomorrow. If you are interested in real life performance benchmarks this thread is for you :-) Our customer will replace his aging 4 node Del...