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by dsimmons@engsin.com
Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: 5.4 download link doesn't seem to work properly
Replies: 1
Views: 1703

5.4 download link doesn't seem to work properly

I requested the download link for version 5.4 and it prompts me to download a 54mb file. However, the file it downloads is only 81k. I used a firewall bypass to try this as well. no luck. Any suggestions?

Thanks
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:38 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Moving iscsi targets
Replies: 1
Views: 1758

Moving iscsi targets

I can foresee that I might eventually run out of room on my current san config or maybe the servers I have might just get old. Are there guidelines on how to move targets that are in an HA config to a new server (or set of servers?)

Thx
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:18 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: writing to HA volume versus window share
Replies: 1
Views: 1680

writing to HA volume versus window share

I was wondering why writing to an starwind iscsi target is 10x faster than writing to the same windows volume that has the img file for said target. I am not complaining, this is freakin awesome. I copied a file from a server to the f$ share on my starwind box at 127megabytes per second. When I copi...
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Why is a HA cluster out of synch?
Replies: 1
Views: 1754

Why is a HA cluster out of synch?

I created a HA cluster in startwind as a test and initiated a link to it. I came in today and the cluster is out of synch already. I need to know why this is the case so it can be prevented. What logs, etc do I need to look at to determine?

Thanks
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing HA before going in to production
Replies: 11
Views: 7304

Re: Testing HA before going in to production

This must be the limitation of my knowledge. Maybe you can point out why I am confused :D If I have a target that is set up as HA, and 1 of the starwind servers goes down, how does XEN know to find the target? I think when I set up targets in xen, it points to 1 server and sees the targets from the ...
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:51 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing HA before going in to production
Replies: 11
Views: 7304

Re: Testing HA before going in to production

Are you refering to the HA wizard in xen (which I haven't found yet) or when I made the target in starwind? If you mean in the starwind interface, how does that let xen server know that there is a second target? Sorry for all the questions.
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:03 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing HA before going in to production
Replies: 11
Views: 7304

Re: Testing HA before going in to production

Question, how does a server know to connect over to the failover volume on the other san? I'm not using DNS in the subnet that my SAN volumes are presented on. i am using xen server to host my VM's. I created a storage pool and pointed it to my HA target. I then created a vm that uses some space in ...
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing HA before going in to production
Replies: 11
Views: 7304

Testing HA before going in to production

I would like to fail a node to see if me HA is working. How can I do this short of powering 1 of the starwind servers off? would stopping the service be sufficient?
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Benchmarking
Replies: 4
Views: 3046

Re: Benchmarking

I think I follow. I will run it from starwind to one of my vm's. What kind of numbers should I expect for a "good" throughput?
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:22 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Xenserver Jumbo frames
Replies: 1
Views: 2196

Xenserver Jumbo frames

Anyone have any experience setting up jumbo frames for a Xenserver host?
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:12 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Benchmarking
Replies: 4
Views: 3046

Benchmarking

I would like to see the speed between my starwind san and the clients. My clients are VM's on a xen server. Do I use iperf installed on the starwind server and on one of the windows vm's, or do I set up iperf on my xenserver host? Thanks
by dsimmons@engsin.com
Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:34 pm
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: V2V Made Easy
Replies: 1
Views: 7008

V2V Made Easy

I was a virtual Iron (VI) customer that made the decision to switch to XenServer. I was unable to convert virtual machines from 1 to the other. Something would always fail. Eventually, I figured out a way to convert servers that is mostly painless in a small environment. I think this will work for a...