Both hypervisors offer powerful virtualization capabilities, but they both have their pros and cons. Our in-depth comparison by Ivan Ischenko, a StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer, highlights key differences in features, ecosystem support, and long-term costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ba

Upgrading to Windows Server 2025? The big question is whether to go for an in-place upgrade or a clean install. We’ve compared both approaches, highlighting their pros, cons, and best practices in our latest detailed guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind to help you decide. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/b7

Westmoreland Mining, a US-based mining company, struggled with aging, costly SAN infrastructure at its remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations, limiting scalability and efficiency. It needed a cost-effective hyperconverged solution that avoided expensive additional hardware. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Westmoreland Mining builds a hyperconverged IT infrastructure and ensures 24/7 operations at its ROBO locations. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/b4

Thinking about using Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS) for VPNs in Windows Server 2025? Microsoft has changed the default protocols, making older ones obsolete.
Learn how to install, configure, and optimize RRAS for secure remote access from our latest detailed guide by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aV

If you’ve been using the Active Directory Replication Status Tool, you might have noticed it’s no longer available. But don’t worry – there’s an alternative option!
Learn from our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind where to find it, how it works, and why it’s a must-have for troubleshooting AD replication. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aQ

Greenwood Village South, a US-based non-profit organization, was using an outdated IT infrastructure with aging servers, risking downtime and operational inefficiency. It needed a cost-effective solution that provided high availability (HA), scalability, and simplified management without vendor lock-in. By deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Greenwood Village South replaces its aging servers with a unified hyperconverged platform, delivering HA and flexibility for long-term growth while avoiding hypervisor lock-in. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aN

Why does a Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster generate twice the network traffic during writes? We ran experiments to test it. Dive into the technical details in our latest article by Volodymyr Khrystenko, a StarWind Solution Architect, and understand how it might affect your infrastructure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aK

VIP Technology Solutions Group, a US-based full-service technology provider for SMBs, operated individual, non-clustered servers with Microsoft Hyper-V on top that lacked failover clustering, risking operational interruptions. The company needed a cost-effective solution that could provide fault tolerance and eliminate the need for separate storage networks. By implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), VIP Technology Solutions Group creates a cost-effective, multi-node hyperconverged infrastructure, thus gaining uninterrupted business operations and reducing costs by 35% compared to other options. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aH

Looking for a VMware alternative that won’t stretch your budget? XCP_ng hypervisor is open-source, user-friendly, and comes with built-in backup tool and VM migration utility.
Learn more about XCP-ng and how it can help your organization in our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aE

Why is Microsoft making TPM 2.0 a non-negotiable requirement for Windows 11? This hardware drives key security features like Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) and Secured-Core PCs, but it also creates challenges for legacy systems.
Learn from our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind how to navigate these changes and enhance your IT security. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aB

The client company of AiT Services, an ICT consulting company, faced escalating costs and inefficiency from maintaining end-of-life (EOL) physical servers with limited scalability and no redundancy. The existing infrastructure was prone to hardware failures and significant downtime. So, AiT Services needed a cost-effective solution to ensure redundancy and modernize the client’s IT infrastructure. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), AiT Services brings redundancy, simplified management, and enhanced scalability to the client’s IT infrastructure, thus improving its operational efficiency. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ay

Fast backups, quick restores, and high security – these are just a few reasons businesses rely on Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBA). Dive into the details and see how they work in our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko, StarWind Pre-Sales Engineer. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/av

Westone Manor Hotel, a UK-based hotel, struggled to keep its critical applications running 24/7 with a single Hyper-V server, risking downtime and revenue loss. The hotel needed a shared storage solution to create a failover cluster and ensure high availability (HA). By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Westone Manor Hotel creates a two-node failover cluster, eliminates downtime, and ensures 24/7 uptime for its critical applications. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/as

If you’re looking to install Debian 12 on Proxmox VE 8.3, our comprehensive guide by Karim Buzdar for StarWind has you covered. From creating the VM to configuring your package manager, we’ve included every step you need to get Debian 12 up and running smoothly on Proxmox. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ap

Struggling with scattered data? Distributed File Systems (DFS) bring it all together: scalable, seamless, and flexible. Discover how DFS can optimize your storage infrastructure in our guide by Ivan Ischenko, a #StarWind Pre-Sales Team Lead. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/am

North Valley Health Center, a US-based rural hospital and clinic, struggled with poor IT performance and no redundancy, putting critical healthcare applications at risk. They needed a cost-effective solution to achieve high availability (HA) and improve their IT infrastructure reliability. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), North Valley Health Center achieves HA and ensures seamless healthcare operations with a cost-effective and high-performing IT infrastructure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aj

Did you know you can double your VM density while keeping performance steady? With VMware vSphere 8 U3's Memory Tiering, you get smarter memory usage and reduced TCO. Discover all the details and performance benchmarks in our latest article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ag

LightChange Technologies, a U.S.-based managed IT services provider (MSP), was looking for a real-time storage replication provider for its customer, an Internet service provider (ISP). The ISP needed to ensure high availability (HA) for its geographically disparate back-end storage infrastructure. By deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), LightChange Technologies was able to create an HA stretched cluster for its ISP client’s infrastructure, provide real-time storage replication across two sites, and ensure zero downtime during VMware host or SAN failures. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/ad

Windows 11 24H2 offers a fresh approach to protecting sensitive data with Personal Data Encryption (#PDE). Discover the benefits of this new feature in our latest article by Brandon Lee, an IT Consultant, for StarWind. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/aa

Looking to build a versatile backup storage? By pairing TrueNAS with MinIO, you can create an S3-compatible backup repository tailored to your needs. Our latest guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind breaks down the deployment in a clear, step-by-step walkthrough. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/a7