Beta-1 of V8

[awedio]

According to Anton (in another thread) "...it's something you'll have in this January so make sure you apply for Beta-1 of V8"

When & where do we apply for this?

http://www.starwindsoftware.com/forums/ ... t3029.html

[Alex (staff)]

Beta of V8 is planned for the end of January or February.
If you are registered for beta-testing program, you'll receive the letter about new version when beta testing for v8 starts.

You can register here:
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/beta-testing-program

[awedio]

When is the "new" ETA?

[anton (staff)]

We have it actually. But current performance results are disgusting to say at least so we're not going to leak it to public w/o at least basic homework applied.

Be prepared for a week or so...

When is the "new" ETA?

[awedio]

The new ETA is....?

[Anatoly (staff)]

I hope we`ll have it until the end of this month

[sunyucong]

well, it's now April, any news?

[Anatoly (staff)]

Yup - ETA moved to the end of May or the beginning of June
We are working hard to give our users a really good product, and this is not the most simple task, I hope we are on the same page on this.

Thank you for your understanding.

[anton (staff)]

So beginning of June turned to be a beginning of September. Beta is out. Enjoy!

http://www.starwindsoftware.com/forums/ ... t3306.html

[turkina]

Awesome!

Has VAAI been re-enabled in v8?

[Alex (staff)]

Yes, VAAI is enabled for all devices.

[lohelle]

It looks like the L2-cache is always created in the storage-pool location, and not in the location selected in the wizard.

[Alex (staff)]

Thanks, we are fixing this and a couple of other issues.

[lohelle]

hope this is fixed (delete support)

Tested on ESXi 5.1 and 5.5

Command:
esxcli storage core device vaai status get

Output:

eui.3c750b4679ddb0b1
VAAI Plugin Name:
ATS Status: supported
Clone Status: supported
Zero Status: supported
Delete Status: unsupported

eui.689cf0483bc0b9f8
VAAI Plugin Name:
ATS Status: supported
Clone Status: supported
Zero Status: supported
Delete Status: unsupported

[anton (staff)]

we'll do

did you check actual vaai infruence on your systems?

especially ats