{"id":434,"date":"2011-05-17T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2011-12-02T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T21:34:25","slug":"starwind-an-old-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"StarWind an old flame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure how long you have known me for but when I started this blog 2005\/2006 I blogged about a software ISCSI solution called Starwind from a company formerly called Rocket Division (Now <a title=\"StarWind\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Starwind Software<\/a>). Well the guys over there were kind of enough to give me an NFR of their product as I was going to need a ISCSI solution whilst delivering VMware training courses. VMware\u00a0was just preparing to release VI3 and I knew it had better ISCSI capabilities so I needed a cheap solution fast and very cost effective. Free was a good start and I even installed it into a VM so I didn\u2019t need hardware for my usage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Anyway that is history now and over the last few years Starwind has been adding more and more enterprise features to its product and even releasing a <a title=\"Free ISCSI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-free\" target=\"_blank\">free version<\/a> (wonder where they got that idea). I think it\u2019s about time I got familiar with Starwind again. They recently added the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Host operating systems: <strong>any modern Microsoft Windows OS<\/strong> is supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Works with all the leading Hypervisor vendors: VMware, Microsoft, VMware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data De-duplication<\/strong> (fully supported, variable block size). Data Deduplication is a specialized mechanism of data-reduction, reducing storage capacity requirements by eliminating duplicated data within and between files.<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited storage capacity &amp; Unlimited number of supported concurrent iSCSI connections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full Production<\/strong> use is allowed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support.<\/strong> Free version is covered with a basic support plan (an open public community forum). Support upgrades are available for paid per-incident plans or switching to any commercial version with extended functionality where an annual support plan is included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caching.<\/strong> StarWind has a multi-level cache mechanism implemented. The cache can use gigabytes of RAM and converts it into to extremely fast level 1 write-back or write-through cache, providing superior storage performance over many conventional SANs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CDP (Continuous Data Protection)<\/strong> and <strong>Snapshots<\/strong> that are completely compatible with VSS (Volume Snapshot Services).<\/li>\n<li>VTL (Virtual Tape Library) and WAN replication are offered as paid upgrade options.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iSCSI boot<\/strong> is fully supported with iSCSI boot capable NIC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested too then click &gt; <a title=\"Free ISCSI SAN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-free\" target=\"_blank\">HERE <\/a>&lt; to find out more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure how long you have known me for but when I started this blog 2005\/2006 I blogged about a software ISCSI solution called Starwind from a company formerly called Rocket Division (Now Starwind Software). 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