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by MichelZ
Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:01 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS Production ready?
Replies: 46
Views: 37601

Re: LSFS Production ready?

No It's definitely more reliable than LSFS, but it has its quirks as well. For example, I'm still having issues shutting down the service without killing it. (Few minutes without any activity on disk or network) and things like this. If you can choose between Equallogic and Starwind, go Equallogic i...
by MichelZ
Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS Production ready?
Replies: 46
Views: 37601

Re: LSFS Production ready?

Are these L1/L2 cache performance issues only related to LSFS, or to normal HA-images as well?
by MichelZ
Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:51 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS Production ready?
Replies: 46
Views: 37601

Re: LSFS Production ready?

Yeah, me too. It's a pitty... this has been good software in the past. Seems like it's falling apart
by MichelZ
Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:43 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Compatibility vSphere6 + StarWind 8
Replies: 3
Views: 2591

Re: Compatibility vSphere6 + StarWind 8

I saw that, but then I read something on another thread about new APIs and stuff and wanted to make sure.

Thanks!
by MichelZ
Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:48 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??
Replies: 54
Views: 25700

Re: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??

I delivered a 570 GB logfile from a tool end of last week. I guess it takes a while to look through that (yes, that's 1/2 TB)
by MichelZ
Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:48 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??
Replies: 54
Views: 25700

Re: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??

So why am I waiting now for 50 minutes (I had an appointment) without anyone telling me anything?
I have e-mailed the engineer and haven't got anything back yet... It is kinda annoying.
by MichelZ
Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:35 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??
Replies: 54
Views: 25700

Re: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??

An update from me: Support ran a Tool yesterday and then needed to reconvene for the next day to review the output.
I'm currently waiting (since 35 minutes) for the engineer to show up for our scheduled session :(

It just feels that we are not taken seriously here :(
by MichelZ
Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:11 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??
Replies: 54
Views: 25700

Re: LSFS volume grew, filled hdd, now datastore EMPTY??

I just spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone with several engineers at VMware. they dug into the hex code of the partition tables and really exhausted many avenues. They were perplexed at how this could have happened and unable to recover any data/information. The metadata for the partitions is gone, my d...