StarWind

06/02/2026

Is ProxCenter the vCenter Alternative Proxmox Has Been Missing?

As customers continue to evaluate alternatives following 's licensing changes, is attracting increasing attention. However, centralized management remains a key requirement for many environments.
Our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for takes a detailed look at , a self-hosted platform designed to provide unified management for multiple clusters. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1ba

06/02/2026

Create a hyperconverged environment with StarWind VSAN

Air Innovations LLC, a U.S.-based HVAC services provider, faced the risk of downtime for its mission-critical systems because its infrastructure relied on a single Hyper-V host running two , creating a single point of failure with no built-in redundancy. The company required a cost-effective (HA) solution for Microsoft Hyper-V that could provide shared storage functionality without additional storage hardware. By deploying Virtual SAN ( ), Air Innovations LLC builds a cost-effective two-node HA cluster and achieves seamless failover protection for mission-critical systems while eliminating the need for dedicated SAN storage infrastructure. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1b7

05/29/2026

Is RAID 5 Really Dead?

The old “RAID 5 is dead” argument came from long rebuild times and growing URE risks. But modern and arrays changed the equation.
Part 2 by Ivan Ishchenko for continues the series and explains when is still viable in 2026, when is the safer choice, and where or makes more sense for large-scale deployments. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1b4

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

Implement highly available shared storage with StarWind

Oerlikon Fairfield, a U.S.-based provider of advanced industrial and engineering solutions, struggled with limited VM mobility, slower performance, and a lack of shared storage reliability due to reliance on local datastores. The company needed a cost-effective shared storage solution that could improve VM performance, simplify migration between ESXi hosts, and provide without deploying traditional SAN hardware. By implementing Virtual SAN ( ), Oerlikon Fairfield enabled replicated shared storage with flash caching, significantly improving VM performance, reliability, and infrastructure flexibility. Read more here:

Learn how Oerlikon Fairfield improved VM performance, uptime, and storage reliability across VMware ESXi hosts with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN).

05/27/2026

Data Tiering Strategy 2026: From Storage Sprawl to Controlled Placement

Production workloads fighting for performance while old logs, stale shares, and forgotten sit on the same tier? That is how quietly spiral out of control.
Our new 2026 guide by Ivan Ishchenko for explains how to build a strategy across hot, warm, cold, and archive storage without breaking recovery, workflows, or the budget. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1ay

05/26/2026

Configure Static IPs on Ubuntu the Right Way

has become the standard networking layer for .

Learn from our latest guide by Karim Buzdar, an IT Engineer & Linux Expert, for how to configure static IPs safely with YAML-based configs, apply changes without breaking connectivity, and troubleshoot common deployment issues on 20.04, 22.04, and newer. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1av

05/26/2026

Modernize your IT infrastructure with StarWind

Heart Living Centers, a U.S.-based healthcare organization, struggled with aging white box servers that lacked the performance, scalability, and high availability needed to support business growth and newly added healthcare services. The organization required a cost-effective and scalable platform with shared storage and . By deploying HCI Appliance ( ), Heart Living Centers consolidates its infrastructure into a highly available virtualized environment that improves uptime, simplifies management, and enables rapid deployment of new services. Read more here:

Discover how Heart Living Centers improved uptime and scalability for healthcare services with StarWind HCI Appliance and HA virtualization infrastructure.

05/21/2026

RAID Explained for Modern Infrastructure

is far from obsolete. In 2026, it still powers clusters, databases, appliances, deployments, and backup targets worldwide.
Our latest comprehensive guide by Ivan Ishchenko for explains RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 0 in detail. Read more here:

Discover the basics of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 01 in our comprehensive guide and how each configuration impacts performance and data safety in Part 1