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by OIMJB
Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:29 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: NIC iSCSi offloading: Experience & feedback
Replies: 4
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NIC iSCSi offloading: Experience & feedback

Hi,

Is anyone have experience about working with iSCSI offloading in NIC? (think here Broadcom NetXtremeII)

Is it reliable, and is it some performance gain to work with?

@ Starwind team, do you have some recommendations about iSCSI offloading by NIC?

Best regards.
by OIMJB
Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:55 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Starwind RAID1: replication mode, switching
Replies: 1
Views: 2697

Starwind RAID1: replication mode, switching

Hi, Some basics (i think) questions about RAID1 target, 1- What does mean "Replication" mode for a partner image when crating RAID1 target? 2- If the physical disk containing the ".mir" file broke down, the target is still available? 3- If a physical disk with the first image bec...
by OIMJB
Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:55 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Russian doll storage: Performance impact?
Replies: 1
Views: 2878

Russian doll storage: Performance impact?

Hi, What is the performance impact of "storage in a storage in a storage", aka multilayered storage for VM. Ex: Scheme 1: PHY-STARWIND-VHD Layer 0: Physical disk (and logical drive) Layer 1: Starwind image file (.img) (and logical drive associated with when connected) Layer 2: VHD (and log...
by OIMJB
Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:53 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: The best scenario for high perf /o read on HA
Replies: 1
Views: 2985

The best scenario for high perf /o read on HA

Question is simple: For HA target What is the best scenario to support high performance read i/o operations for multiple HA targets - 2 node: - Hardware RAID level - MPIO mode and settings - Network type and tweaks In real world, read i/o seems to be the real reason of many poor vm performance and h...