Yaroslav,

Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. Would I be eligible for a NFR license for vsan? It looks like the free version does not include a gui which is something that I might have to rely on.

yaroslav, Thank you for reading my very long post and for your prompt reply. It sounds like vsan might be a better fit for me, would you agree? RDM back to windows server would be ideal for me. Am I able to run vsan as a vm with the free edition? I'm an IT Professional but this project is just home ...

Hello, I'm interested in reworking the storage for my home lab and I've stumbled across StarWind SAN and NAS. I'm hoping the pros on here can give me some pointers and maybe steer me in the right direction. I have two servers : a HP DL380p Gen 8 running esxi 6.5 with a HP P822 raid card, I'm running...