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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • April 8, 2025

Creating a Virtual Test Lab for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on a Single Server 

Run VMware Cloud Foundation on a single host with zero guesswork. One article covers it all — setup, config, and networking, step by step.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • September 17, 2024

Exploring the “Memory Tiering over NVMe” Feature in vSphere 8.0 Update 3

The new vSphere 8.0 Update 3 introduces Memory Tiering over NVMe in tech preview. This feature allows you to increase memory capacity using NVMe devices, optimizing performance and reducing costs.
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Vladislav Karaiev
  • Vladislav Karaiev
  • August 23, 2024

Understanding RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, and RAID 60: Comprehensive Guide to RAID Configurations (Part2)

Advanced RAID configurations can certainly feel complex. In this article we dive into RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, and RAID 60, breaking down their pros, cons, and best use cases.
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Vladislav Karaiev
  • Vladislav Karaiev
  • July 25, 2024

The Essential Guide to Data Backup and Recovery

Is your business prepared for dataloss or cyberattacks? Our latest guide covers everything you need to know about data backup and data recovery.
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Anton Vovchuk
  • Anton Vovchuk
  • January 25, 2024

What Is NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)?

Curious about the next frontier in data storage? Discover the key aspects of NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), its benefits, and practical applications.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • March 23, 2023

Use cases for Raw Device Mapping (RDM), Persistent Memory (PMem), Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)

Everything depends on your organization’s needs and goals. VMware, like other big virtualization vendors, supports a multitude of popular and proprietary technologies related to storage performance. It can be quite confusing which one to choose when, so we’ve prepared a succinct blog post for you to follow to optimize your IT infrastructure.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • November 1, 2022

VMware vSAN 8.0 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) Efficiency and Performance

vSphere 8 introduces VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA), focused on efficiency, performance, and less CPU usage. The new configuration has been optimized for NVMe-based TLC flash devices, abandoning cache layers and disk groups. VMware will privilege the deployments of vSAN as ESA, moving forward.
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Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • July 20, 2022

StarWind SAN & NAS over Fibre Channel: MDRAID vs GRAID

The new build of StarWind SAN & NAS is already here! Installed on top of a dedicated storage node full of NVMe drives, it now can be accessed over FC (Fibre Channel). The best way to see how fast it can go is to test its performance using two different RAID5 arrays, such as MDRAID and GRAID.
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Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • Volodymyr Khrystenko
  • April 13, 2022

Benchmarking Backup Appliance with GRAID based on StarWind SAN & NAS

With NVMe SSDs quickly erupting as the desired storage standard, common RAID technology isn’t able to provide any longer. StarWind, being ahead of IT infrastructure trends, has already solved this bottleneck. Empowered with GRAID  SupremeRAID™, the world’s first NVMe-oF RAID card, and StarWind SAN&NAS SDS, StarWind Backup Appliance unleashes the entire potential of NVMe for both backup performance and backup data security.
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