{"id":47255,"date":"2020-12-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=47255"},"modified":"2020-12-06T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T13:14:08","slug":"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-load-balancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-load-balancer\/","title":{"rendered":"StarWind iSCSI Accelerator \/ Load Balancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47256 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-01.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">StarWind iSCSI Accelerator \/ Load Balancer is a <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">free lightweight tool designed for <strong>balancing iSCSI sessions<\/strong> between all the available server CPU cores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-v2v-converter\/\">StarWind solution<\/a> distributes the iSCSI workloads among <strong>all available CPU cores<\/strong> fixing the <strong>Microsoft iSCSI Initiator<\/strong> performance bottleneck.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When network bandwidth is associated with more sessions, the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator lower performance due to <strong>latency<\/strong> and the <strong>workload is not distributed<\/strong> in an efficient way\u00a0because any CPU is treated as if it had <strong>just 2 cores<\/strong>. With StarWind iSCSI Accelerator this problem is fixed providing a global improvement on applications performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>StarWind iSCSI Accelerator benefits<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">There are three main points to consider with <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-virtual-san-free\/\">StarWind<\/a> iSCSI Accelerator:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Speed<\/strong> - distributing iSCSI workloads among all the available CPU cores, applications <strong>performance are improved<\/strong> maximizing IOPS and CPU utilization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simplicity<\/strong> - the tool requires <strong>few seconds for the installation<\/strong> and it is ready to go. No need to spend time to fine tune Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free<\/strong> - absolutely free, no costs or payments, no additional hardware or software are requird.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47258 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-02.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-02\" width=\"568\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before proceeding with the installation, keep in mind the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tool should be installed on the server where ISCSI sessions are <strong>connected over the network interfaces<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Only <strong>sessions created after starting<\/strong> the StarWind iSCSI Accelerator \/ Load Balancer driver take benefit of the tool optimization.<\/li>\n<li>The tool<strong> starts automatically<\/strong> every time the server is booted, no need to manually start the service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Install StarWind iSCSI Accelerator<\/h2>\n<p>Download the tool from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarWind website<\/a> then run the installer. Accept the EULA and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47260 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-03.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-03\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47262 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-04.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-04\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leave the default <strong>Destination Location<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47264 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-05.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-05\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47266 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-06.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-06\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Install<\/strong> to proceed with the tool installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47268 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-07.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-07\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool is being installed in the system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47270 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-08.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-08\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the tool has been installed, click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to exit the wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47272 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-09.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-09\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To <strong>start and stop the service<\/strong>, you can find the corresponding commands in the Windows Start Menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47274 size-full\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-10.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-10\" width=\"522\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Check the service state<\/h2>\n<p>To check the state of StarWind iSCSI Accelerator, open the <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong> in the server where the service has been installed and run the following command:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C:\\&gt;sc query iscsilb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47291 size-large\" title=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/starwind-iscsi-accelerator-11-600x281.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-iscsi-accelerator-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using this solution, the Ethernet bandwidth will increase as well as the global performance <strong>uniforming the CPU cores usage<\/strong> making the <strong>latency close to zero<\/strong>.<\/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 iSCSI Accelerator \/ Load Balancer is a free lightweight tool designed for balancing iSCSI sessions between all the available server CPU cores. This StarWind solution distributes the iSCSI workloads among all available CPU cores fixing the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator performance bottleneck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[903,1787],"tags":[2279,2280,2281],"class_list":["post-47255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vmware-en","category-starwind-en","tag-accelerator","tag-balancer","tag-iscsi-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}