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by vogeldm
Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: Public Beta
Topic: StarWind VSA preview edition
Replies: 11
Views: 27614

Re: StarWind VSA preview edition

Sounds good. Glad to know it wasn't my mistake.
by vogeldm
Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: Public Beta
Topic: StarWind VSA preview edition
Replies: 11
Views: 27614

Re: StarWind VSA preview edition

I expected to see a drop in performance from the virtualization, but I didn't expect to see it drop by that much. The test server is a Dell 2950 with 8cores and 16Gb of RAM. ~2Tb of RAID10 Storage on a PERC 6i (6x 7200RPM SATA Drives) Intel Pro/1000 PT Dual Port PCI-Express adapter ESXi 4.1 Update 1...
by vogeldm
Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:22 pm
Forum: Public Beta
Topic: StarWind VSA preview edition
Replies: 11
Views: 27614

Re: StarWind VSA preview edition

Was the VSA restarted after NIC adding? Did you try to change the Adapter type to E1000? I have tried changing the adapter to E1000. I've rebooted a couple of times since changing the adapters. No change in performance. I seem to Max out at 25Mb/s transfer rates. Using a Windows 2008 R2 test box an...
by vogeldm
Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Public Beta
Topic: StarWind VSA preview edition
Replies: 11
Views: 27614

Re: StarWind VSA preview edition

The document with instructions is available on the following link: http://www.starwindsoftware.com/tmplink/VSA_ESX.pdf vogeldm, what was the Adapter Type? Thanks for the documentation. I'm using a PERC 6i storage adapter with 6 SATA drives in RAID10. It's formatted in VMWare to 2.0Tb. I have the VS...
by vogeldm
Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:20 pm
Forum: Public Beta
Topic: StarWind VSA preview edition
Replies: 11
Views: 27614

Re: StarWind VSA preview edition

I was in a testing mood today as well. It appears to be a Linux OS. In vSphere I picked "Other 32-bit" for Linux. I allocated 4 vCPU's and 8Gb of vRAM. Everything else I left default. I watched for the IP address during the initial boot, through the Management Console was able to scan for ...