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    Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @TheDeepStorage
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      @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

      -We can provide a cloud gateway solution as part of our appliance infrastructure, which is plugged into the SATA bus and presents the cloud as a local cold storage tier.

      That would be Aclouda. I got to hold one the other day.

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      • TheDeepStorageT
        TheDeepStorage Vendor @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

        @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

        -We can provide a cloud gateway solution as part of our appliance infrastructure, which is plugged into the SATA bus and presents the cloud as a local cold storage tier.

        That would be Aclouda. I got to hold one the other day.

        The one and only, I really think it's a great addition to our appliance offering.

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        • LaMerkL
          LaMerk Vendor @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

          @LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

          @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

          I'll jump in with one that I know but think it is worth talking about and that people are unlikely to know to ask about...

          What are the benefits of the LSFS (Log Structured File System) and when would be want to choose it?

          The ideal scenario for LSFS is slow spindle drives in RAID 5/50 and RAID 6/60. And the benefits are: eliminating I/O blender, snapshots, boosting synchronization process and overall performance in non-write intensive environments (maximum 60% read/40% write).

          Do you see any real benefits on RAID 10 arrays? #OBR10

          Even though LSFS technology was initially designed for parity type RAIDs, you could still benefit from utilizing LSFS on RAID 10 arrays having snapshot options and being able to squeeze out decent performance at the environments where reads dominate writes.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @LaMerk
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            @LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

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            • Reid CooperR
              Reid Cooper @TheDeepStorage
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              @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

              -Our own asynchronous replication, which allows to do block level replication to the cloud.

              Is this what we would normally look at for an off-site DR solution? What would be the "go to" for that?

              Let's say I have a two node Starwind HC setup at my office. And I want a DR site, would I do a single node at a colo or a second office and use the asynchronous replication feature to get the data to it? What does that solution look like?

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              • LaMerkL
                LaMerk Vendor @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                @LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

                Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @LaMerk
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                  @LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                  @LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

                  Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

                  How much RAM utilization do we expect to see with LSFS?

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                  • TheDeepStorageT
                    TheDeepStorage Vendor @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                    @LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                    @LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

                    Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

                    How much RAM utilization do we expect to see with LSFS?

                    Typo, we meant Flash.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @TheDeepStorage
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                      @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                      @LaMerk said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                      @LaMerk would there be a negative to using it in other circumstances? Or just a lack of benefits? I guess the needed question would be.. what factors would make you avoid LSFS given its benefits?

                      Honestly in any environment faster that the ones I mentioned the lack of benefits would already be a negative. Considering the skyrocketing of RAM pricing right now, devoting some of it for LSFS with no obvious benefits would be a strong factor for me not to use it in those environments.

                      How much RAM utilization do we expect to see with LSFS?

                      Typo, I meant Flash.

                      OH, that makes more sense 🙂

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                      • TheDeepStorageT
                        TheDeepStorage Vendor @Reid Cooper
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                        @Reid-Cooper said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                        @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                        -Our own asynchronous replication, which allows to do block level replication to the cloud.

                        Is this what we would normally look at for an off-site DR solution? What would be the "go to" for that?

                        Let's say I have a two node Starwind HC setup at my office. And I want a DR site, would I do a single node at a colo or a second office and use the asynchronous replication feature to get the data to it? What does that solution look like?

                        It sounds, like you might start architecting StarWind deployments. That's exactly what we would suggest. Just add a node at a remote location and set it up as an asynchronous replication partner. Schedule the snapshots and your DR environment is good to go.

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                        • Reid CooperR
                          Reid Cooper
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                          🙂 Thanks

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Anyone have any other questions for the @StarWind_Software guys? They are always here, but the AMA is officially winding down. So any last questions while everyone is at their keyboards together.. this is the time.

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                            • TheDeepStorageT
                              TheDeepStorage Vendor
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                              Oh and by the way, we will be hanging out on Mangolassi even after the AMA, so if you have any late questions afterwards, feel free to tag us.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @TheDeepStorage
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                                @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                                Oh and by the way, we will be hanging out on Mangolassi even after the AMA, so if you have any late questions afterwards, feel free to tag us.

                                Thanks for running the AMA guys! Lots of good info here. And awesome that we have the new Linux VSA appliances to be playing with.

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                                • Minion QueenM
                                  Minion Queen
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                                  I think we can say THANK YOU EVERYONE!

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                                  • StrongBadS
                                    StrongBad
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                                    Definitely, thanks everyone! Very informative.

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                                    • ABykovskyiA
                                      ABykovskyi
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                                      Thank you guys for attending!

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                                      • TheDeepStorageT
                                        TheDeepStorage Vendor
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                                        Thank you for all the questions, we've had a great time (and we hope you did as well!). Also, I will abuse the situation to advertise @ABykovskyi and his webinar about the Linux VSA that will be happening tomorrow: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/dedicated-live-demo-session

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                                        • Minion QueenM
                                          Minion Queen @TheDeepStorage
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                                          @TheDeepStorage said in Starwind AMA Ask Me Anything April 26 10am - 12pm EST:

                                          Thank you for all the questions, we've had a great time (and we hope you did as well!). Also, I will abuse the situation to advertise @ABykovskyi and his webinar about the Linux VSA that will be happening tomorrow: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/dedicated-live-demo-session

                                          Abuse all you want!

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                                          • Reid CooperR
                                            Reid Cooper
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                                            Thanks everyone.

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