Everything that needs to be said about the importance of project management automatization and workflow organization has already been said. You have learned how to create your first Azure DevOps build with a Terraform file, so now it is time to finally learn how to automatize your Terraform resource deployment with Azure DevOps.
Read the article by Florent Appointaire, a Microsoft Engineer, to find out how to create a release to deploy Terraform template with Azure DevOps.
The global Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Market is growing every day. It is already far from beta testing offering viable solutions with numerous benefits for companies of any size. TechHQ, an independent tech news website, shares its vision of why hyperconvergence matters... and why StarWind is among the three suppliers of hyperconvergence technology and ready to go big, breaking the myth that hyperconvergence is available only for organizations with billion-dollar turnovers. So, why does hyperconvergence matter?
Read the article at TechHQ to find the answer not only to this question at the following link
The Roscoe Company, a U.S. corporate garment supplier and managed service provider (MSP), faced a problem of no real redundancy and a complete lack of a disaster recovery (DR) plan when servicing one of its clients. The existing client company’s IT infrastructure had stand-alone Microsoft Hyper-V hosts with a few VMs. In the event of a power outage, the company suffered significant losses due to downtime and data loss. Thanks to StarWind, The Roscoe Company built a stretched cluster and ensured fault tolerance (FT) and implemented a solid DR plan for its client.
Find out from this success story how The Roscoe Company reduces Recovery Time Objective (RTO) by 70% and achieves 100% uptime thanks to StarWind.
Project management and automatized workflow are the milestones of any business, but small companies often have neither resources nor the experience to build them from scratch. That is when Azure DevOps enters the scene! This guide lets Terraform users learn how to optimize their workflow with Azure.
Read the article by Florent Appointaire, a Microsoft Engineer, to find out how to automate the deployment of resources using Azure DevOps in integration with this software tool.
Probably, everyone asked that question when finding out about the support function for persistent memory disks inside a virtual machine (VM) in Windows Server 2019 with the Hyper-V role. Persistent memory disks are good when we need a very high speed and very low latency. Some vendors can provide persistent memory disk option for you in their storage offerings. But why mapping persistent memory storage via the hypervisor host is so important?
Read the article by Didier Van Hoye, a Microsoft expert, to find out why persistent memory disks do matter and how to consume them in a VM running on Hyper-V at the following link
The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market has moved past its juvenile stages. Both product offer and vendor consolidation are witnessing that. Owners of small-to-midsized businesses and ROBO can learn what HCI is in 2019, why should it matter, and find out how exactly can they increase performance with vendors like StarWind.
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In public could hosting, whether it is Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, you deal with security credentials. For every business, securing data, protecting information, or delegating access are vital. Identity Access Management (IAM) is a framework that helps to distribute access policies and account protection, and it can serve your needs specifically. Learn what exactly it is and why you should care!
Read the article by Gary Williams, a systems administrator, to find out why IAM matters and why you should use it.
We live in a post-truth world where objective factors already have little influence on the formation of public opinion. The last word is determined by a private view and lively emotions. How to choose the Best Software Defined Storage (SDS) Vendor? Only find out the truth first-hand from customers who have already chosen this or that SDS solution.
Read what the clients say about StarWind as an SDS vendor and find the truth for yourself at IT Central Station, an online review platform, at the following link
The infoShare Conference in Gdańsk, May 8-9, 2019, is easily the most significant event in the technical sphere in Central and Eastern Europe. Meeting the world of innovative technologies, making useful connections, and discussing the future of technology and IT are at the table. Cyberpunk-themed Before Party sponsored by StarWind introduces you to the event before the official part starts!
A database (DB) management system is vital for any infrastructure. To control your data and protect it, you need to keep it organized. However, having a tool doesn't mean knowing how to use it, so find out how to structure originally unstructured data using SQL Server FILESTREAM feature.
Read the article by Mikhail Rodionov, an IT engineer, to find out how to use SQL Server FILESTREAM feature and why.
Non-volatile storages are lifebuoys for any company in case of power cycling. In running business having untouchable memory storage is vital. That's why any novel software or hardware must support non-volatile memory with no problems. Time to learn how to go with the times and configure NVDIMM-N on one of the latest Dell PowerEdge Servers with Windows NT most recent software solution!
Read the article by Didier Van Hoye, an IT specialist, to learn how to configure NVDIMM-N on a DELL PowerEdge R740 with Windows Server 2019.
Are you a Windows Server user or system administrator constantly monitoring Windows operating system updates and looking for innovative solutions for your IT infrastructure? We want to help you gain insight into new storage capabilities in Windows Server 2019. What is Storage Migration Service and what improvements have been added to Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica? How can you store up to 10 times more data on the same volume with data deduplication and compression for the ReFS filesystem?
Learn from the upcoming webinar about all updates in storage in Windows Server 2019 and decide for yourself “to be, or not to be” with Windows Server 2019.
Admins love hyperconvergence because it allows conjoining compute, storage, and networking resources that makes the environment cheaper and easier to manage. Experienced users can build an infrastructure in different ways using any parts. For instance, you can grab some servers from Dell and install an industry-standard hypervisor (Hyper-V, KVM, ESXi, whatever) on top of them. If you do not know that much about hyperconvergence though, consider buying an appliance.
Learn useful tips on building a breathtaking hyperconverged environment in the full article by Artem Gaevoy, a System Engineer.
Azure Firewall is a security service designed for Azure virtual network protection. Presented in 2018, the Firewall, as its name implies, helps to control inbound and outbound network traffic. With a feature-rich service like that, keeping your Azure network this secure has never been that easy!
Find out how to set up and deploy Azure Firewall from the recent article by Nicolas Prigent, a Microsoft MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management.
Storage controllers are virtual environment tools essential for locating and accessing both block-based devices and SCSI devices. Storage controllers in VMware vSphere virtualization platform can operate with different storage controllers, varying in types, purposes, and usages. A wide range of functional capacities allows you to establish storage controller compatibility, choose configurations, and process SCSI emulation and paravirtualization. Use a storage controller as best suited for your preferred OS!
Read the article by Andrea Mauro, virtualization expert, to find out how to manage different storage controllers in VMware vSphere.
Olin Corporation, a U.S. company specializing in chemical production and manufacturing, had a non-clustered virtual environment with two virtual machines. Such an infrastructure ginned up a number of failures: the risk of hardware and software failure, the inability of disaster recovery and the preservation of company data. In that context, there’s no way for high availability and fault tolerance. StarWind made it possible to achieve dynamic backup processes and provided fault tolerance with zero downtime on VMs.
Find out how Olin Corporation created a clustered virtual environment and ensured high availability and fault tolerance of IT infrastructure with StarWind.
Azure Virtual Machine Extensions are small applications that provide post-deployment configuration and simplify the management of VMs. This feature uses Windows and Linux Azure agents that are automatically installed during the provisioning process. If your VM requires the installation of software, anti-virus protection or running a script inside of it, feel free to use VM extensions. Configure your VMs quickly and easily, automate your critical tasks, and save time with Azure VM extensions!
Read the article by Nicolas Prigent, a System Engineer, to find out how to install Azure VM extensions at the following link
Are you a system administrator or network engineer who wants to build a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) connection between hosts and get the maximum performance of this connection? We’ll help you to become buddy-buddy with RDMA technology. What is RDMA, how it works, what are its pros and cons, where it can be used, what are its most common implementations, what is needed to use and configure an RDMA connection, how to test it and what problems can be encountered during testing - these are not all aspects raised in the video. The plot thickens: how does StarWind rPerf, all-in-one free Performance Benchmarking Tool, do all this work for you on measuring both latency and bandwidth for RDMA connections between Windows- and Linux-based operating systems? You got to admit it, there are too many questions that need to be answered.
Watch this video and be on a first-name basis with RDMA technology.
Cygnus, Inc., a U.S. company operating in the field of aerospace sheet metal fabrication, experienced a server failure. Their data recovery (DR) solution was in place and worked well. Still, the long system restoring was unacceptable.
Learn from this case study how Cygnus, Inc. achieves full-scale high availability for a small budget with StarWind.
Jaco IT-Solutions, a Belgian ICT solutions provider, had non-redundant single physical server solutions. The entire infrastructure was compromised with a single point of failure. The company was seeking for a method to ensure redundancy with a good performance-price ratio.
Find out how Jaco IT-Solutions achieves high availability (HA) reducing IT TCO with StarWind.
