That would be great if you could update the powershell toolkit.

We have already been talking with Oleksandr about purchasing licenses for our prod environment but for one reason or another, it ended up on a back burner. I emailed him a few days ago - perhaps I'll give him a chase...

Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply but https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-free-vs-paid/ describes the free version as "Free version comes with an unrestricted set of features". CHAP is pretty basic and often fundamental to an infrastructure - ESPECIALLY in a non-prod ...

Hi all.

Is it possible to configure CHAP on VSAN free with powershell?

Thanks

As i need a 50TB useable HA pair, SSD is unfortunately out of the question as is 10k/15k SAS. Looking at the ultrastar DC HC510 which are available in either SATA or SAS - both are the same drive just a different interface/controller. Sorry to push the point but I'm really just trying to understand ...

Not entirely sure which part i'm right about? :lol: Is there any real-world performance benefit in using SAS over SATA. I know there are differences in the duplex (full vs half) and the dual port for dual controllers etc... But does that translate to any performance gain in the real world? Thanks ag...

Thanks for the detailed reply. I have a pair of Supermicro x10 CSE-847 storage servers with the following spec: Dual E5-2630-V3, 128GB, 10GB Chelsio T520-CR, 9361-8i, 8x 10TB 7200 SAS RAID10, 2x D3-S4610 480GB for cache. Windows 2019 Bare metal. There's also some SSDs going in for for VMs that need ...

As per the title. Is there any benefit in using SAS drives over SATA.

There's the obvious bandwidth increase but as mechanical HDD can't saturate a 6Gbps link that's a moot point.

Just seems that while SATA drives are readily available and at fair prices, the SAS equivalents are harder to source.

Hi All, I'm just testing out StarWind VSAN free in our LAB with a view to possibly buying the commercial version for prod - It seems like a great product! We're currently testing on a pair of DL360 G8 servers each with 4x 4TB Seagate NAS in RAID10, and 2x Intel D3-4610 480GB in RAID1. These are stan...