Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has been a key tool in managing updates across a network for quite some time. As keeping systems updated remains important, Microsoft created a new PowerShell import method that bypasses the issues with the Internet Explorer/Active-X combination.
Read the article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, and find out how to input and customize the updates you are looking to import using the new PowerShell-driven import process.
South Gibson School Corporation, a K-12 school district, was burdened by a complex array of aging physical servers for different services and urgently required a more streamlined and efficient IT infrastructure. The school district needed a comprehensive solution that could consolidate its servers, enhance performance, and reduce maintenance complexities while remaining cost-effective. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), South Gibson School Corporation reduces the physical server count from 25 to 6, enhances performance, and ensures high availability through a consolidated setup of two physical SAN servers running StarWind and four Hyper-V servers.
Integral IT Services, an outside IT department for small businesses, encountered the issue of lacking a clustered environment with its stand-alone Hyper-V hosts, hindering its ability to provide reliable VM hosting. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Integral IT Services facilitates the establishment of a cost-effective clustered setup, ensures seamless VM failover and high availability, expands its service offerings, and enables business growth.
Just recently, VMware has announced a major update to its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture, version 5.0. It includes functionalities providing additional scalability, security, and several key enhancements to meet the requirements for IaaS infrastructures.
Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, an IT and Virtualization consultant, and find out what's new in the major release of VCF version 5.0.
Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, a U.S.-based airplane components distributor, faced complex IT infrastructure management due to poorly documented clustered storage, unutilized drives, and aging architecture, demanding efficient resource allocation and streamlined operations. The company required a comprehensive solution to optimize storage, enhance data management, and prepare for future upgrades. By integrating StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Kellstrom Defense Aerospace achieves centralized management, effective storage allocation, improved data backup and restoration, and timely issue resolution, ensuring seamless operations, resource optimization, and future scalability.
Olin Corporation, a global chemical and ammunition manufacturer, struggled with isolated virtual machines and a lack of clustering capabilities. The company urgently required a solution to unify its IT infrastructure for streamlined management and resource optimization. With the implementation of StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Olin Corporation efficiently consolidates virtual machines into a coherent cluster, leading to enhanced resource management, increased availability, and improved overall efficiency across its diverse manufacturing facilities.
Symmetry Software, a U.S.-based payroll-related technology application company, faced the challenge of maintaining a reliable offsite backup strategy to ensure data security and business continuity. They required a solution that seamlessly integrated with their existing backup processes. By implementing StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Symmetry Software efficiently integrates their backup systems and enhances data protection through reliable offsite backups, while safeguarding continuous business operations.
Network Attached Storage (NAS) is about centralizing and streamlining your storage needs. Whether you're a business or a home user, NAS offers great benefits: centralized storage, easy access, data protection, and cost-efficiency. Curious about NAS vs. SAN vs. DAS?
Read the full article by Alex Khorolets, Pre-Sales Engineer, for StarWind to dive into the storage world and discover what suits your needs best.
DERMA E, a U.S.-based skincare company, was challenged by an outdated IT infrastructure, lacking failover capabilities and compatibility with the latest hypervisor version. The company needed a solution to ensure data reliability and uninterrupted operations. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), DERMA E creates a hyperconverged infrastructure, significantly improves failover capabilities, minimizes downtime, and ensures long-term operational efficiency.
NVIDIA's cutting-edge Generative AI, in partnership with VMware, is revolutionizing the way enterprises operate, fostering creativity and driving innovation. At the recent VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas, they introduced the VMware Private AI Foundation, designed for running generative AI applications. Don't miss the chance to learn how this collaboration is unlocking new possibilities in enterprise tech.
Read the latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind to stay at the forefront of innovation.
Backups are crucial in today's digital world. Ever wondered how exactly backups work and why it matters?
Read the new article by Diana Abo-Harmush, StarWind Solutions Engineer, to learn more about backup types and when to choose which.
Pekao Financial Services, a Polish financial institution, faced the challenge of lacking a storage replication system in its IT infrastructure, coupled with the high cost and limited flexibility of traditional storage solutions. The company sought a solution that could seamlessly integrate with its VMware vSphere environment and utilize its existing hardware. By implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Pekao Financial Services strengthens its IT infrastructure, ensures data replication, high availability, and scalability, which translated into substantial cost savings and improved overall efficiency.
At the Explore 2023 conference, VMware dropped some major updates about VMware vSphere 8 Update 2. Get ready for improved virtualization with features like VM Hardware Version 21, GPU-Aware Load Balancing, Expanded DPU Support, and more.
Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind to stay ahead in tech.
Quick Bridge Funding, LLC, a U.S.-based financial services firm, faced the challenge of ensuring high availability (HA) and shared storage for its ESXi cluster, necessitating a robust solution. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Quick Bridge Funding establishes a highly resilient and efficient infrastructure that meets its HA and shared storage requirements seamlessly and ensures uninterrupted business operations.
Children’s Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, faced the lack of a reliable and efficient method for restoring virtual machines (VMs) in the event of Hyper-V host failures on its standalone servers. The organization required a solution that would enable quick failover and minimize service disruptions. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Children’s Institute establishes an automated failover mechanism, ensures seamless VM recovery during Hyper-V host failures, significantly reducing downtime and enhancing the overall reliability of its IT infrastructure.
The Greenwich Board of Education, the governing body of an American school district, encountered the challenge of scheduling downtime for updates and maintenance on standalone hypervisors with DAS, causing disruptions and operational inefficiencies. Implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) allowed for hardware reuse, seamless compatibility with Hyper-V, and simplified infrastructure management, the Greenwich Board of Education ensures uninterrupted operation, eliminates service outages and enhances overall system availability.
Learn what V2V is, why it matters, and how it works. Check out reasons for migration, hot vs. cold migration, and tools like StarWind V2V Converter.
Read a comprehensive guide to V2V technology by StarWind Solutions Engineer Diana Abo-Harmush.
Hotels Unlimited, a U.S.-based hospitality company, faced the challenge of insufficient redundancy and the need to separately scale storage and compute resources within its Dell Servers and Hyper-V-based infrastructure. The company needed a comprehensive storage solution that would provide data redundancy. By leveraging StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Hotels Unlimited establishes highly available storage within its IT infrastructure, ensures data redundancy, and simplifies resource scaling, thereby enhancing system reliability and operational efficiency.
Security, privacy, and performance have always been a priority for many businesses even over the limitless scalability offered by the cloud.
Join us for a new video, on how to transform two on-prem VMware vSphere hosts into a bulletproof high availability cluster for improved cost-effectiveness, high VM performance, and enhanced security, in 5 easy steps.
VMware is leading the way in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Explore 2023. Discover how they're transforming corporate AI with cutting-edge initiatives.
Find out in the new article by Alex Samoylenko, an expert in virtualization technology, for StarWind.