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by mbalsam
Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:46 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: RAM usage for StarWindService.exe in 4.1
Replies: 1
Views: 3026

RAM usage for StarWindService.exe in 4.1

I've dedicated a machine to starwind but i see that the starwindservice.exe is not using memory as i would expect. The machine has 4Gig's of ram and 4 core's. The starwindservice.exe is using 12,632K and it has a lot of pagefaults 250,000,000 I see that explorer.exe is using 14,228K. So windows expl...
by mbalsam
Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:12 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: VMware HCL and StarWind
Replies: 14
Views: 19929

VMware HCL and StarWind

I can not find Starwind on the Vmware HCL? Am i wrong? But i do see this: StarWind Software Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program BURLINGTON, MA — (Marketwire) — 06/16/09 — StarWind Software, a global leader in storage virtualization and iSCSI storage software, today announced it has ...
by mbalsam
Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:07 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Converting img files from free version to StarWind Enterpris
Replies: 1
Views: 2841

Converting img files from free version to StarWind Enterpris

If i purchased the StarWind Enterprise version can i simply convert my image files from the free version im currently using?? If not, how would that process work. I have 4T of SATA 7.2 formatted as Raid5 running on Windows 2003 R2. I have 8G of memory on that box so i might want to go to X64. Though...
by mbalsam
Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:00 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Very slow to recognize a new LUN in ESX 4.0
Replies: 1
Views: 3024

Very slow to recognize a new LUN in ESX 4.0

Hi, Im using Starwind 4.1 build 20090515 and ESX 4.0. When i create a new LUN it often takes several minutes for it to showup in ESX. From the vCenter console I, 1) Select a server 2) goto configuration 3) add storage 4) Select disk/lun And i wait. Periodically i right click and choose refresh. Even...
by mbalsam
Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:49 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Change an existing target to be clustered??
Replies: 2
Views: 3519

Change an existing target to be clustered??

Hi, I have an existing Iscsi target that contains important data. By mistake i created it with Clustered support turned OFF. This limits things so only one ESX server can mount the drive at a time. I've created other targets with Clustered support enabled, and all is good. Question: is there any way...
by mbalsam
Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:33 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Vmware and Compressed drives - WriteFileEx failed error 33
Replies: 3
Views: 9321

Re: Vmware and Compressed drives - WriteFileEx failed error 33

I migrated several VM's successfully. Then i got to a point where it would not accept any more VM's. From then on any migration would end in an ESX failure. I was able to migrate all of the VM's back to a non-compressed drive and kept working. So, at this point I dont have a way of testing anymore. ...
by mbalsam
Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:26 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Vmware and Compressed drives - WriteFileEx failed error 33
Replies: 3
Views: 9321

Vmware and Compressed drives - WriteFileEx failed error 33

I've been using startwind and vmware vcenter 4 successfully for the last month. I now want to backup the iscsi drive images and realized that its going to be difficult to copy a single 300G drive image. So, i created a compressed drive thinking that the actual storage space would be much less to bac...