Hey, We’ve released an updated StarWind Virtual SAN Technical Preview build and encourage you to try it out. What’s new in StarWind Virtual SAN Version V8 Technical Preview (build 20082, CVM Version 20251017): Improved StarWind NVMe-oF service stability Added maintenance mode feature (CLI only) Opti...

Hello Kirby2001, Welcome to StarWind Forum, and thank you for your interest in our Technical Preview Program. What hypervisor are you using, what’s your CPU model, and how many vCPUs are allocated to StarWind Controller VM? StarWind NVMe-oF target operates in polling mode, where dedicated CPU cores ...

Hello JULDSI, Thank you for choosing StarWind VSAN Free. Could you please generate a support bundle and submit it using the following form: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form . For the subject, please use "VSAN Free Update". We will review it and investigate if there are any iss...

Hey jackiewelles, Welcome to StarWind Forum and thank you for your interest in our Technical Preview Program. The current Technical Preview supports NVMe/TCP only, meaning that you can configure highly available NVMe-oF devices and share them over TCP. RDMA protocol support will be added in upcoming...

Hi everyone, Thank you for your interest in StarWind Virtual SAN and for helping us evaluate the latest features! This section of the forum is your go-to spot for anything related to StarWind Virtual SAN Technical Preview: updates, support, questions, bug reports, and feature feedback. Whether you’r...

Hello bkdilse, Thank you for your interest in StarWind Virtual SAN. To address your questions: Yes, we are planning to transition to a newer OS as part of our ongoing development efforts. While we cannot disclose specific details at this time, the transition is scheduled for Q2–Q3 2025. A migration ...

Hello overgrown1357, Thank you for your interest in StarWind VSAN. Migration from any Linux platform to StarWind VSAN is not currently supported, as there is no existing integration or compatibility for such transitions. We are actively working on a VM-based update that will enable users to upgrade ...

Hello CombFiltered, Yes, you are correct. Indeed, the "force create mode" should be set to "0775" to ensure that both the user and group have read, write, and execute permissions on the file share. This configuration will maintain consistent permission settings for newly created ...

Hi CombFilteredm, The update won't revert the changes you made in the configuration file and will apply the setting to new shares created. Could you please collect the logs from your system and send them to us using this form? https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form I'll check them and let you...

Hi CombFiltered, We conducted a quick test in our lab and have reproduced the issue you described. I have requested our R&D team to implement a fix in the next release, either through a custom setting or as a permanent update for sharing. In the meantime, I have a workaround that will resolve th...

Hi anhdzung88, Please check the VSAN configuration guide - https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-vsan-configuration-guide-for-vmware-vsphere-esxi-7-vsan-deployed-as-a-controller-virtual-machine-cvm-using-web-ui/ iSCSI LUNs utilize the Standard volume only. Indeed it ...

Hello anhdzung88,

Please create a Standard volume to create and utilize iSCSI devices connected to your client host machines via iSCSI Initiator.
For iSCSI LUNs a Standard volume is used while a Raw volume is required for creating NVMe-oF LUNs.

Hello descalona, I appreciate your interest in StarWind Virtual SAN Free. This functionality will be provided within the upcoming StarWind VSAN update release in February 2024. Please use Web UI to configure StarWind VSAN in your environment for now. Should you have any questions or assistance, plea...

Hello SiegfriedB, StarWind VSAN deployed as a CVM allows creating ZFS stripped mirror storage pools using four or more identical disks. We do not use mirrors of disks that have different capacities. What type and capacity of disks have you used to create the pool? Also, creating a ZFS pool via comma...

Hello rprengel, Thank you for posting the screenshot. I see you have deployed the old version of SAN & NAS, released back in 2021. That was the first version of the software which didn't feature the TUI interface and SMB/NFS shares. Please download the latest version of the software. It provides...