{"id":44186,"date":"2020-06-11T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=44186"},"modified":"2020-06-06T18:02:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T16:02:13","slug":"starwind-hyperconverged-appliance-all-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance-all-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"StarWind HyperConverged Appliance All-Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44199 size-full\" title=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/starwind-hca-all-flash-only-01.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>StarWind HyperConverged Appliance All-Flash is a cost-effective solution by <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-storage-gateway-for-wasabi-setup\/\">StarWind<\/a> that combines network, storage, compute, and software for mission-critical applications in a <strong>small 2-node cluster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>StarWind HCA is a software-defined hyperconverged platform that <strong>requires no configuration<\/strong> and no additional education or resources are needed to run and manage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>StarWind is also well known for providing the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-linux-vsan-appliance\/\">Virtual SAN (VSAN)<\/a> software solution that eliminates any need for <strong>physical shared storage<\/strong>. Compatible with Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors, <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-vsan-for-vsphere-for-robo\/\">VSAN<\/a> mirrors internal disks and flash between hypervisor servers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>StarWind HyperConverged Appliance<\/h2>\n<p>In March 2020 StarWind made available the <strong>HCA All-Flash only<\/strong> product to provide best performance leveraging SSD storage technology.<\/p>\n<p>This solution fits perfectly to <strong>small and mid-size SMB<\/strong> virtualized environments and consists of a <strong>server with a hypervisor<\/strong> (Hyper-V or VMware ESXi) and StarWind software-defined storage layer.<\/p>\n<p>The All-Flash only storage configuration provides the best performance and a 2-node system can <strong>tolerate 1 node and 1 disk failure<\/strong> ensuring a constant uptime. HCA is <strong>completely scalable <\/strong>and additional storage, memory, and interface cards can be installed. <strong>Mixed mode<\/strong> configurations can be applied to clusters to adapt multiple workload requirements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44201 size-full\" title=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/starwind-hca-all-flash-only-02.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-02\" width=\"447\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>HCA editions<\/h4>\n<p>The design of StarWind HCA All-Flash places in specific dedicated parts of the platform <strong>different types of SSDs<\/strong> to provide maximum functionality.<\/p>\n<p>StarWind HCA is available in the following editions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entry Flash<\/strong> - entry level offer for environments with several VMs and <strong>low storage requirement<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity Flash<\/strong> - built to deliver high storage capacity and great performance, it provides an excellent <strong>balance between performance and cost<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance Flash<\/strong> - offers the best performance providing <strong>high storage capacity<\/strong> and moderate compute power for capacity-hungry applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Management<\/h4>\n<p>The system management is done through the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-command-center-overview\/\">StarWind Command Center<\/a> that provides a single-pane-of-glass <strong>management and monitoring<\/strong> showing dedicated dashboards with useful info about the status of each component.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44203 size-full\" title=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/starwind-hca-all-flash-only-03.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-03\" width=\"506\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>ProActive Premium Support<\/h4>\n<p>Included with the HCA, StarWind offers the ProActive Premium Support <strong>available 24\/7\/365<\/strong> to provide an <strong>intelligent monitoring service<\/strong> useful to ensure the health status of the appliance and the availability of the applications. The service is able to <strong>predict failures<\/strong> reacting before an issue actually occurs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44205 size-full\" title=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/starwind-hca-all-flash-only-04.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-hca-all-flash-only-04\" width=\"569\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additional info can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance-going-all-flash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dedicated web page<\/a>\u00a0and a live demo can be requested by filling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance#demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Request Demo<\/a> form.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarWind HyperConverged Appliance All-Flash is a cost-effective solution by StarWind that combines network, storage, compute, and software for mission-critical applications in a small 2-node cluster. 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