Software-based VM-centric and flash-friendly VM storage + free version
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KPS
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Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:13 pm
Hi!
I want to use Starwind as Storage for vSphere, but not Hyperconverged.
To avoid Windows-CALs for Linux VMs, I thought about:
- Install 2 Hyper-V-Server (instead of Windows 2016)
- Install Starwind on them as HA-Storage and export iSCSI
- Use this iSCSI-Storage with vSphere
--> No Windows CALs, as free Hyper-V is used
--> No Hypervisor that could limit Performance
Is this a supported setup?
Thank you and best wishes
KPS
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Boris (staff)
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Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:39 pm
Technically, this scenario is possible. Yet, you might need to additionally inquire for the licensing limitations (if any) of such scenario based on the Hyper-v Server serving not as a hypervisor.
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KPS
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Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:42 am
Hi Boris!
Thank you for your answer!
So there is no limitation for Starwind and you can sell commercial support for this scenario - the only concernes are about Microsoft-licensing - right?
I checked this with my MS-Licensing-specialist and it seems to be a possible solution as Free-Hyper-V does not need any CALs