VSAN free Windows Server 2025

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richi_ONE
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Tue Sep 15, 2026 8:31 pm

Hi everyone,
I'm planning to install vsan free as a Windows application on a 2 node hyper-v cluster , Windows Server 2025 as operating system/hypervisor.
Is this guide still valid?

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... rver-2016/

Can you confirm that Windows Server 2025 is supported?

Thanks
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yaroslav (staff)
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Wed Sep 16, 2026 7:26 am

Sr. Support tech is here.
Yes, it is supported, and yes, the guide is OK.
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richi_ONE
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Wed Sep 16, 2026 8:45 am

Thanks,
could you provide more details about why CVM installation should be the preferred method? Thanks
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yaroslav (staff)
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Wed Sep 16, 2026 9:06 am

It should not.
I'd go for CVM Free only if there's no Hardware RAID controller or a controller in HBA mode and you need Parity RAID.
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yaroslav (staff)
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Wed Sep 16, 2026 9:07 am

Another usecase will be NVMe-oF, but sadly there're no plans for it in FREE version so far.
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