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by Arcyne
Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing Log-Write-Cache
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Re: Testing Log-Write-Cache

Perfect! Thanks for the clarification. :-)
If you need an alpha tester let me know.
by Arcyne
Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing Log-Write-Cache
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Re: Testing Log-Write-Cache

Hmm, crickets? Staff, could you respond even if it is no comment?
by Arcyne
Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing Log-Write-Cache
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Re: Testing Log-Write-Cache

Ping? Bringing back to top after holiday break... :-)
by Arcyne
Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Performance testing
Replies: 4
Views: 3313

Re: Performance testing

One additional suggestion. If you are running an AV, make sure you exclude the StarWindService.exe and/or the path to the FLAT file images. That had a significant impact on the CPU utilization if I remember correctly. (I am still exploring how to tune the service so YMMV.) :-)
by Arcyne
Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:42 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Performance testing
Replies: 4
Views: 3313

Re: Performance testing

Hi, if you have high speed flash such as nvme you can connect more than one isci connection. Simply select the iscsi Target in the Microsoft iscsi initiator discovered targets and press connect and set up another local connection. You can leave it to the default round robin setting or perhaps change...
by Arcyne
Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:26 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Testing Log-Write-Cache
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Testing Log-Write-Cache

Hello all, Testing Environment: Mixed Pool of HDD and SSD's. I've been testing the Log-Write-Cache feature and so far I really like it for its benefits on write performance. That said, I'm looking to combine that functionality with the ability to also have a dedicated L2-Read cache. Right now, durin...