Webinar recording: Getting started with Docker containers

Published: August 7, 2019

Everybody knows what a virtual machine (VM) is, while a container technology for a long time used to be in shadows. The recent popularity of Docker containers has increased interest in this approach as in another form of virtualization. Learn from this video what a container is, how does it work, what containers there are out there, when it is more appropriate than a VM, and, eventually, what the difference is between Docker and the other containers.

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Webinar recording: Welcoming vSphere environment: Learn about its traits and requirements, fine-tuning, and best practices

Published: July 9, 2019

VMware vSphere is easily one of the best virtualization platforms there are. However, operating and managing a vSphere environment is not as simple as one may suggest. Every IT infrastructure is a sophisticated ensemble of varying aspects, wherein your goal is to make it all play one melody. Choosing and tuning storage solution, sustain compute resources architecture and provisioning, establishing networking, all of these processes are vital to the overall result. Learn from this video about vSphere environment in general and how to make it work in particular

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Webinar recording: Leveraging your environment with storing backup data in both private and public cloud object storage

Published: June 14, 2019

Storing backup copies in cloud storage is the best modern solution for the backup environment. It is easy, reliable, safe, accessible - you name it. Today, there is no need to lean on the offsite backup anymore, because the cloud storages can offer so much more. The latest pros and cons of storing backup to the cloud, and public cloud storages AWS, Azure, Backblaze B2, or Wasabi will be presented. For those interested in confidentiality, there is a possibility to find a private solution with object storages such as Active Scale, Ceph, and Cloudian. Find out from this video how to improve your backup environment with using these cloud object storages and leverage them with StarWind VTL.

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Webinar recording: Wasabi Cloud Storage: The full scoop about backing up

Published: April 23, 2019

Storing backup copies in cloud storage has numerous advantages like the ease of access, low cost of entry, data integrity, reduced operating costs, and much more. Wasabi hot cloud storage meets all these requirements providing high-performing and cost-efficient cloud object storage to satisfy the 3-2-1 backup rule. This is really a tidbit for SMBs. Learn from the upcoming webinar all about backing up, the benefits of storing backups in Wasabi, and how to get a “serene harbor” for your backups with the Wasabi + VEEAM + StarWind Storage Gateway synergy.

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Webinar recording: Windows Server 2019 storage options: Let’s do a drilldown

Published: April 17, 2019

The new version of the Windows server operating system from Microsoft - Windows Server 2019 - has already been released and is being actively used now. It has many innovative features for working with a hybrid cloud, security, application platform, and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). In Windows Server 2019, the new functionality (Storage Migration Service) and extended one (Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica) have been included in the storage technologies. Find out from this video about the new and changed functionality in the work of storage and what advantages you can get from working with Windows Server 2019.

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Webinar recording: Ensuring RDMA network connections at max performance level

Published: March 18, 2019

Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) is a technology that allows computers in a network to exchange data in main memory without involving the processor, cache, or operating system of either computer. By freeing up resources, RDMA improves throughput and performance, facilitates a faster data transfer rate and low-latency networking. Find out from this video about an RDMA technology, its implementations, advantages and disadvantages, ways to use and configure an RDMA connection.

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