Hi,

Are the NVMe-OF initiator and target stable now for production use? Please advise.

thank you,

Hello,

I’ve been exploring NVMe-oF for some time now and wanted to know if the paid version of StarWind NVMe-oF is still in beta, or if it’s fully production-ready. Any insights or updates on this would be appreciated!

Thank you.

Hi, Thank you for the clarification regarding iSER support. Just to confirm, is there any way to enable iSER with Mellanox ConnectX-4 in a Windows environment, or would I need to look for alternative methods to achieve RDMA functionality? Additionally, does NVMe-oF require NVMe SSDs specifically, or...

Hello, I wanted to check if StarWind still supports iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) in the latest versions. Additionally, is it recommended to use iSER in a production environment, and what are the best practices or potential caveats we should be aware of? Looking forward to your insights and recom...

Quick update: We changed the RAID configuration from RAID5 to RAID10, and SQL performs very well. Changes made without any impact: - Enabled write-back cache on the raid controller and played with the cache ratio 60% read 40% write / 50% read 50% write. no luck! - Added more sessions also no luck! ...

Does the VM have any snapshots? NOP Is its disk fixed? they are thin virtual disks Did it start happening after the outage? I don't think so Could you try enabling a write-back cache for the RAID controller? I will update the configuration Try shutting down the VM and playing around with CPU allocat...

Hi Yarsolav!! Thanks for the update. I'm currently facing an issue with my SQL Server VM where the performance is noticeably slow, especially during certain queries. I've observed that the disk utilization spikes to 100% during these operations, which is causing significant delays. sql.jpg I suspect...

Morning Yaroslav!

The logs below in the link

https://we.tl/t-HUzBbu5D58

I am awaiting your prompt reply.

Hi Yaroslav,

Well noted for the instructions. much appreciated

I have attached the service logs for both nodes and we are using RAID5 on SSDs mix-load.

Link for the attachment:
https://we.tl/t-yEvKMkKn2F

Cheers!!!

Hello everyone, I'm facing an issue with StarWind software that I hope someone can help with. After restarting, I noticed a full sync job automatically started for the nodes. This process is taking an unusually long time—several hours. This delay is causing significant downtime and disruption to our...

thanks for the heads up. you are amazing!

First, we will work on the update over the weekend, and after that will apply the fine-tuning.

yaroslav (staff) wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:46 pm

I will check those in good order.

any update ?

here you go. the logs are reachable on wetransfer link below. I couldn't attach it because the files are bigger than 30MB.

https://we.tl/t-E5so6iUmTA

i'm confused about the strip size / full stripe size configuration.
as per SW recommendations stripe size for SSD / RAID5 configuration is 64kb
are these the right settings?

12/21 21:15:36.116065 b84 Common: CStarWindStorageDevice::hangedTaskExist: Storage device hanged operation: location = E:\SSD Storage\SSD Storage.img, request = 0x0000007DCD0FE2B0, cdb[0] = 0x8A, cdb[1] = 0x00, buf_size = 262144, execution time (13203 msec) more than timeout (7000 msec)! 12/21 21:1...