StarWind Software

Hi,

is there any information about the version 4?
what are the new features?
does the v4 will fully support MPIO?
when is the expected release date?

Thanks.

Mostly it's VTL-related. A LOT of bugfixes, CDP engine re-worked and tons of new manuals (CDP, VTL, snapshots etc).

3.xx and even 2.xx had already supported MPIO just fine.

As soon as QA guys will approve it.

willgart wrote:Hi,

is there any information about the version 4?
what are the new features?
does the v4 will fully support MPIO?
when is the expected release date?

Thanks.

Are there any new HA features? I'm hoping for automatic failover & failback between Starwind instances (that are using continous replication to keep in sync).

I think the extra cost (second server, license, disks) will still be cheaper than most MSCS based solutions, as the cost of shared storage with HA features is very high.

No. We're working on a true fail-over solution but we'll represent it only after NY eve. It will provide zero downtime and complete cross-node replication.

That's fantastic news. Being able to build your own no-single-point-of-failure SAN will really shake up the storage market. With starwind today I can build a SAN array that is cheaper, faster, and has more useful features and fewer restrictions than a low end box like a Dell MD3000i. The lack of full HA is the one drawback.

But I think you may hit a problem. In my experience, New Year's Eve is incompatible with zero downtime

Well... We'll do our best to keep our customers happy and our pockets full of cash Back to the downtime... It's only a question how much do you actually pay to your staff

Aitor_Ibarra wrote:That's fantastic news. Being able to build your own no-single-point-of-failure SAN will really shake up the storage market. With starwind today I can build a SAN array that is cheaper, faster, and has more useful features and fewer restrictions than a low end box like a Dell MD3000i. The lack of full HA is the one drawback.

But I think you may hit a problem. In my experience, New Year's Eve is incompatible with zero downtime

That all sounds nice so, get v4 going - I may be tempted to finally buy a license.

Question: will v4 finally have a usable API? I have a project coming I need a license for, but I need to be able to create LUNS automatically (basically from a website).

StarWind has usable API starting from version 0.01 I think... Tt's called StarWind SDK and was and is sold separately..

Thona wrote:That all sounds nice so, get v4 going - I may be tempted to finally buy a license.

Question: will v4 finally have a usable API? I have a project coming I need a license for, but I need to be able to create LUNS automatically (basically from a website).

Well, then what is the price for that? From the documentation you provide, the SDK is not an API for the product that allows management, but something that is for people to make their own product.

All I need is an API to manipulate the product, most specifically:
* to manage LUN's (i.e. create them, change passwords and in general set security, destroy them)

Imagine usage in a data center type of scenario, where people (customers) can provision their own LUNS, or where a LUN is provisioned as part of another product (most specifically: a virtual server).

What would the SDK cost me in this case?

We don't declare the prices on the web, you need to query them from sales team.

I would love to replace Linux, but unless I can actually manipulate the LUN setup from an automated script.... it seems not to be for me.

Does v4 Personal support two node cluster?

Or is the Number of supported concurrent iSCSI connections limited by 1?

No connections limits.

ThomasS wrote:Does v4 Personal support two node cluster?

Or is the Number of supported concurrent iSCSI connections limited by 1?

Will v4.0 come still in 2008?

I hope so. R&D is always R&D you know.

ThomasS wrote:Will v4.0 come still in 2008?