Yes, it makes sense to enable MPIO.

Thank you for useful feedback!

Everything happens for a reason. People must realize the cause of sanctions and stop the war.

Unfortunately, in Russia it is currently impossible to buy vmware.

I am curious, what happened in Russia?

Hello Steve, Thank you for your interest in StarWind products. Could you please clarify how exactly you are connecting the target with a non-replicated cache-less device in the ISCSI initiator (number of sessions, MPIO policy)? Could you please double-check that Windows defender or any other antivir...

Hello myrandor,
It was suggested to assign disks to VM as RDM instead of pass-through the controller. Please let us know if it helps.

Please contact support for a configuration review. In most cases, the cluster enters into a split-brain state when nodes cannot send heartbeats to each other. Because of that, Microsoft recommends establishing redundant links for a cluster communication. If you are talking about a possible split-bra...

Hello Nicholas,
Please consider updating StarWind VSAN which is described here: https://knowledgebase.starwindsoftware. ... d-version/

Hello myrandor,
Thank you for your input in improving our products. I will forward your findings to the responsible teams.

Hello everyone, the fix shoudl be present in the build 13861.

Hello,
The tests went fine, however, I would suggest using NTFS as ReFS could have some possible issues.

Hello mvalpreda,
There is no difference in performance between trial and free version.
Could you please log a support case here to check that issue: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form
Thank you!

Hello MohamadB, Thank you for your interest in StarWind products. To configure the setup, please follow this guide: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-hyperconverged-2-node-scenario-with-vmware-vsphere-6-5/ Please note the following: - SSD and HDD RAID settings: h...

Hello mafigo74,
2 segregated interfaces for StarWind VSAN should be enough. Since you are using the trial version, I would recommend contacting your account manager and schedule a remote session with our engineers to review the configuration and apply the best settings - it's free of charge!

mahuan1688, The documentation will be available shortly on our website, however, you can use the command below to create the disk: vdo create --name=vdo_dedup --device=/dev/disk/by-id/%DRIVE_ID% --emulate512=enabled --vdoSlabSize=2G --sparseIndex=enabled --activate=enabled --indexMem=0.25 --blockMap...