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by kage
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: San and nas feature set
Replies: 6
Views: 4437

Re: San and nas feature set

I have seen some reference to native tiering in starwind back in 2017 that was in testing and roadmap for release. Was that scrapped?
by kage
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: San and nas feature set
Replies: 6
Views: 4437

Re: San and nas feature set

I don't really want caching. I want block level tiering with ram for cache. Dedup would just be nice to have.
by kage
Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:48 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: San and nas feature set
Replies: 6
Views: 4437

Re: San and nas feature set

Ok I think I understand now. Starwind doesn't natively support tiering but relies on storage spaces to do the work. It also appears you no longer support dedup which is a bummer.
by kage
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:18 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: San and nas feature set
Replies: 6
Views: 4437

San and nas feature set

Can San and nas based on Linux do auto tiering and global dedup or is that something that is only supported by vsan? I tried creating a pool on San and nas but the options in the web portal are super basic. Also I am using arrays configured with hardware raid and the raid adapter is obscuring the di...
by kage
Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:11 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Reset the Startup Wizard?
Replies: 2
Views: 971

Re: Reset the Startup Wizard? (SOLVED)

Nevermind. A failed RAID array on my controller appears to have been causing issues with the underlying Ubuntu operating system causing this odd behavior. I removed the arrays and now the reset button is working as expected.
by kage
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:22 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Reset the Startup Wizard?
Replies: 2
Views: 971

Reset the Startup Wizard?

I installed baremetal san free on my server and after doing the install started the wizard but forgot to set the timezone and now its failing with the error: The error code is:TimeZoneId cannot be null or empty But the buttons to retry and reset both just try to finish the wizard with bad settings. ...