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by simonga
Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:02 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Single-node to HA 2-node
Replies: 5
Views: 5665

Re: Single-node to HA 2-node

Yeah, v8 will rock 8) Below you can find the steps that you need to follow in order to upgrade your system: 1. To prevent data loss, disconnect clients from targets. 2. Update StarWind service on the first StarWind node. Wait until the service starts. 3. Update the StarWind service on the second HA...
by simonga
Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Single-node to HA 2-node
Replies: 5
Views: 5665

Re: Single-node to HA 2-node

Good thing about v8 - really looking forward to that going stable.

We are using basic image file
by simonga
Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:32 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Can you create HA devices atop of Storage Spaces?
Replies: 14
Views: 14004

Re: Can you create HA devices atop of Storage Spaces?

Native 4KB underlying blocks should work with V8. From my experiences: You cannot currently use StarWind atop of Storage Spaces because Storage Spaces creates 4k Blocks. StarWind needs 512bytes. I tried this yesterday on Server 2012 R2 with Storage Spaces. Had to switch to LSI RAID based card inste...
by simonga
Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:13 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Single-node to HA 2-node
Replies: 5
Views: 5665

Single-node to HA 2-node

Hi

What would be the recommended way to upgrade from single-node to 2-node cluster?

can i simply attach existing .img device to HA device?
by simonga
Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:52 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Can you create HA devices atop of Storage Spaces?
Replies: 14
Views: 14004

Re: Can you create HA devices atop of Storage Spaces?

From my experiences:

You cannot currently use StarWind atop of Storage Spaces because Storage Spaces creates 4k Blocks. StarWind needs 512bytes.

I tried this yesterday on Server 2012 R2 with Storage Spaces. Had to switch to LSI RAID based card instead.