Webinar recording: The Truth About ZFS

Published: October 28, 2021

The second episode in the StarWind webinar series on ZFS. This time, we talk about why ZFS is great and what concerns to look out for. We also explain why the industry-standard hypervisors, like Hyper-V and vSphere, did not adopt ZFS. The video concludes with ways to deliver ZFS and a showcase of deploying ZFS on Ubuntu.

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Webinar recording: ZFS: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Published: September 20, 2021

StarWind kicks off a series of webinars centered around ZFS. This episode will introduce you to ZFS overall. You will learn about ZFS history of development, where it’s at now, and where it’s headed in the future. In addition, the webinar will explain the data integrity mechanism and structure behind ZFS, its features, and which popular products already make use of ZFS today.

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Webinar recording: How to Choose a Proper Failover and Set Up High Availability

Published: April 13, 2021

Failover strategies exist not only to help avoid split-brain but also to determine how the High Availability (HA) will function. Choosing a proper failover strategy may save your day literally. The webinar will discuss failover strategies overall, particularly HeartBeat and Node Majority, their pros and cons, and how to properly configure a storage-level HA cluster using either of them.

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Webinar recording: StarWind VTL as Part of the Backup Infrastructure and Its Place in the 3-2-1 Backup Rule

Published: March 2, 2021

The industry-standard approach to setting up a proper backup infrastructure is the 3-2-1 rule. In its turn, StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) functions as a secondary backup repository, allowing you to have secondary media types in the backup chain and offload backups to multiple cloud storages. In this video, you’ll learn how StarWind VTL can help you follow the 3-2-1 rule without any fuss while keeping your backup environment robust and cost-efficient.

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Webinar recording: Learn to Properly Approach Stretched Cluster Implementation

Published: November 19, 2020

Perhaps you're thinking about trying out a new challenge: connecting two geographically separated hosts into a single cluster. Well, it’s not as simple as it may seem at first glance since a stretched cluster has its own specific requirements to function properly. The upcoming webinar will talk about the stretched cluster requirements, the proper approach to implementing it, and its main nuances.

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Webinar recording: Manage Your vSphere Environment Using PowerShell

Published: October 21, 2020

System administrators are tasked with numerous time-consuming actions related to their vSphere environment on a daily basis. Luckily, you can use PowerShell Plugin to help you simplify those tasks. Tune in to the upcoming webinar to learn how PowerShell can help you automate your vSphere routines as well as help simplify and speed up VM deployment and other processes.

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