two node vsan

[ViniR123]

When setting up a dual node VSAN, is Starwind designed to be installed on two separate pc-servers running hyper-v hosts and use local storage, or two separate pcs running nothing but windows and starwind VSAN for external pc running hyper-v hosts to access storage?

[suntech.tt]

Hey ViniR123, I'm in the process of setting up for the 1st time so this is a newbie experience (disclaimer), but I believe from all I've read on forums and documentation that you can do both; however, I've done the latter, which is, installed the starwind manager feature only on a separate server (outside of the 2 nodes) and the starwind service feature only on each of the hyper-v nodes. The service feature requires the license key when installing whereas the manager does not.

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/best-p ... practices/

[yaroslav (staff)]

suntech.tt is right, you can do both.
The former approach, VMs/roles and storage are on different servers, is called compute-and-storage-separated (converged). See more at https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... rver-2016/
The latter, VMs and storage in the same box, is called hyperconverged, https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... rver-2016/.

[ViniR123]

Thank you

[yaroslav (staff)]

You are always welcome. Contact me here if you have additional questions.