StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-2

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Ironwolf
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:06 pm

quick update,

installed 6180 on my 2008R2 test system, 6180 resolved a memory leak problem I experienced with SSD cache, on the previous version when creating img file with SSD cache, on reboot it would use the cache size as the memory cache size thus using all available memory.

it looks to be resolved in 6180 :)
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Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:21 pm

Good news! :) Next week we'll hope to publish a Release Candidate and your feedback really helped :)
Ironwolf wrote:quick update,

installed 6180 on my 2008R2 test system, 6180 resolved a memory leak problem I experienced with SSD cache, on the previous version when creating img file with SSD cache, on reboot it would use the cache size as the memory cache size thus using all available memory.

it looks to be resolved in 6180 :)
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Anton Kolomyeytsev

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software

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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:43 pm

Has a new temp license key been uploaded? Mine says it will expire in 7 days.
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:46 pm

turkina wrote:Has a new temp license key been uploaded? Mine says it will expire in 7 days.
yes
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/tmplink ... tatest.swk
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 7:21 pm

Bohdan (staff) wrote:
turkina wrote:Has a new temp license key been uploaded? Mine says it will expire in 7 days.
yes
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/tmplink ... tatest.swk
Thank you!
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Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:18 am

anton (staff) wrote:Good news! :) Next week we'll hope to publish a Release Candidate and your feedback really helped :)
Ironwolf wrote:quick update,

installed 6180 on my 2008R2 test system, 6180 resolved a memory leak problem I experienced with SSD cache, on the previous version when creating img file with SSD cache, on reboot it would use the cache size as the memory cache size thus using all available memory.

it looks to be resolved in 6180 :)


V8 official version of what time, has been very much looking forward to test! Soon the new year's day!
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Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:53 pm

Soon.
mahuan1688 wrote:
anton (staff) wrote:Good news! :) Next week we'll hope to publish a Release Candidate and your feedback really helped :)
Ironwolf wrote:quick update,

installed 6180 on my 2008R2 test system, 6180 resolved a memory leak problem I experienced with SSD cache, on the previous version when creating img file with SSD cache, on reboot it would use the cache size as the memory cache size thus using all available memory.

it looks to be resolved in 6180 :)


V8 official version of what time, has been very much looking forward to test! Soon the new year's day!
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software

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Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:59 pm

Hi guys,

The beta build has been updated:
http://starwindsoftware.com/tmplink/StarWindBeta.exe

Notes:

- Some fixes for VAAI commands processing.

Asynchronous replication:
- Replication on slow channel;
- Fixes mounting of snapshot;
- Fixes for replication algorithm.

Synchronous replication for LSFS device:
- Fixes for snapshot management functionality: creation and deletion of snapshots now works correctly.
- Fix for issue when state of HA node changes to “unsynchronized ” without any reason.

LSFS device:
- Correct processing of device size parameters and using of available storage of underlying disk.
Previous versions had issue which could lead to disk write errors when certain amount of data has been written on the device and device files grew.

VSS providers:
- Hardware VSS provider is now available for LSFS devices and for LSFS devices with synchronous replication.
- Software VSS provider is now available for LSFS devices.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:58 pm

And what about L2 cache?
Now, on beta3, there is no more L2 cache option... ?
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:04 pm

beta3:
still fail re-mounting LSFS device.

because still missing this (into .swdsk if you choice to recreate):
<node id="1" name="lsfs" shut="false" active="true">
<storages>
<storage_ref id="1"/>
</storages>
<parameters>
<DeduplicationEnabled>no</DeduplicationEnabled>
<SnapshotsDisabled>no</SnapshotsDisabled>
<BlockSize>0</BlockSize>
<Compressed>no</Compressed>
<HashType>2</HashType>
<mode>1</mode>
<DataCacheSize>0</DataCacheSize>
<EsxCompatibleMode>no</EsxCompatibleMode>
<AutoDefrag>yes</AutoDefrag>
<VerifyData>no</VerifyData>
<SupportDeletion>yes</SupportDeletion>
<CacheMetadata>no</CacheMetadata>
<SnapshotFlushPeriod>10000</SnapshotFlushPeriod>
<SnapshotOffset>0</SnapshotOffset>
<SnapshotTimestamp>0</SnapshotTimestamp>
<SnapshotID>0</SnapshotID>
<IsDeviceStorage>0</IsDeviceStorage>
</parameters>
</node>

....so we still have to add it manually
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Ironwolf
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:57 pm

Beta Lic has expired. I have tried to download a new LIC but it is re-issuing the same LIC.
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:34 pm

Where is the L2 option? We just put a pcie ssd card in our server to test out a beta.... can't test it anymore?
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:27 pm

Gentlemen, sorry we've found a data corruption issue with L2 Cache so had to disable it in this build... Please give us a couple of days so we'd fix this! Thank you!
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Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:30 am

Bohdan (staff) wrote:Hi guys,

The beta build has been updated:
http://starwindsoftware.com/tmplink/StarWindBeta.exe

Notes:

- Some fixes for VAAI commands processing.

Asynchronous replication:
- Replication on slow channel;
- Fixes mounting of snapshot;
- Fixes for replication algorithm.

Synchronous replication for LSFS device:
- Fixes for snapshot management functionality: creation and deletion of snapshots now works correctly.
- Fix for issue when state of HA node changes to “unsynchronized ” without any reason.

LSFS device:
- Correct processing of device size parameters and using of available storage of underlying disk.
Previous versions had issue which could lead to disk write errors when certain amount of data has been written on the device and device files grew.

VSS providers:
- Hardware VSS provider is now available for LSFS devices and for LSFS devices with synchronous replication.
- Software VSS provider is now available for LSFS devices.
Thanks

Maybe start a new Topic/Post for Beta-3
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kspare
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Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:05 pm

I can't create a thin provisioned virtual disk. I have it set to 21tb and it comes with with an error: Specified storage is too big. the max allowed size of storage is 0mb.

If I go 10tb I get: Specified storage can not be mounted. there is not enough free memory for cachine device meta data. the max allowed is 0

If I go 5tb I get the same error as above.

I get the same error for 1tb as the first error.

Thick works fine.
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