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In a competition that many had pronounced over, Microsoft's Hyper-V is now a viable candidate in both the SMB, the remote office and even the enterprise data center. It brings the key virtualization features that most data centers at a significantly lower price than VMware. While the challenge facing Hyper-V adoption is similar to that facing VMware, the cost and complexity of the supporting storage infrastructure, the problem is compounded with Hyper-V if its key value, lower cost, is overshadowed by expensive storage. In this webinar learn about three of the key requirements to look for cost effective Hyper-V Storage.
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Don’t Let Storage Eat Your Hyper-V Savings
Available on DemandLearn The Four NEW
Requirements That Hyper-V Needs From
Storage:
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✓ Windows Native Storage Software
✓ Ability To Leverage Current Server and Storage Hardware
✓ Provide Storage Choices
✓ Keep It Cost Effective
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“Three Keys To Cost Effective Hyper-V Storage”
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About George Crump
● Founder of Storage Switzerland and its lead analyst
● Areas of expertise include performance optimization and data protection
● Recognized for his talks, white papers and chalktalk videos on such current technology as all-flash arrays, SSDs and software-defined storage
● He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US
Background
● Analyst firm focused on storage, cloud and virtualization
● Knowledge of these markets is gained through product testing and interaction with users and suppliers
● The results of this research can be found in the articles, videos, webinars, product analysis and case studies on our web site:http://storageswiss.com
About Max Kolomyeytsev
● StarWind Virtual SAN Product Manager
● 7+ years of QA and technical support experience @ StarWind Software
● 10+ years of professional IT experience
● Wide area of expertise, specifically storage, and hyper converged server virtualization and VDI architectures
● Host of the StarWind Technical Webinar series
StarWind Profile
Ownership: Privately held with VC backend since 2008,
spin-off from Rocket Division Software
Investors: VEEAM, Almaz Capital, AVentures
Product: StarWind Virtual SAN™ storage virtualization software
Users: More than 250,000 paying and playing customers
Headquarters: Boston, MA, USA
Number of employees: 50+
Customer care: Worldwide, 24x7x365 support
Global Alliance Partners: Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Dell, IBM, HP, VEEAM
Polling Question
Which Option Best Describes Your Hyper-V Plans?
❏ Considering Roll-Out❏ Hyper-V Only Implementation
❏ Mixed VMware and Hyper-V Deployment❏ Using Hyper-V in Remote Office
Polling Question
Which Option Best Describes Your Hyper-V Plans?
The Value of Hyper-V
● Significant Cost Savings Over VMware
● Tight Integration with Windows Server
● Improved Shared Nothing VM Migration
● Vendors Are Allowed Lower Level Access
Hyper-V - Less Dependent on Shared Storage
● Microsoft has a strong track record of enabling DAS
● Shared Nothing Live Migration is Hyper-V’s answer
● Shared Nothing Migration enables planned VM movement
Does Hyper-V Need Shared Storage?
● Shared Nothing Migration Only Suitable for Planned Downtime
● On a server or disk failure in the server shared storage provides better recovery
● For business class reliability shared storage is a requirement
Shared Storage Increases Cost
● Shared Disk Arrays are more expensive than local storage
● The network infrastructure supporting a shared array is more expensive
● Shared storage may require special skills
Hyper-V Has More Pressure To Be Affordable
● A major reason for Hyper-V consideration is cost savings vs. VMware
● Another is simplicity
● Traditional shared storage raises costs and complexity
● An alternative is needed to keep costs down and storage management simple
Four Hyper-V Requirements of Hyper-V Storage
● Keep it Cost Effective
● Keep it Windows Native
● Leverage Current Server and Storage
● Provide Storage Choices
Keep it Cost Effective
● Abstract Storage Software from the Storage Hardware
● Integrate Storage Software into the compute/hypervisor layer
● Keep H/A Affordableo Don’t require a third node
Keep it Windows Native
● Many Software Storage solutions require a non-windows virtual machine
● Increases complexity
● Especially in the “pure” Windows Environment
● Hyper-V Allows for tight kernel-like integration
Leverage Current Hardware
● Most Servers/Hosts are under utilized
● Don’t require additional nodes for availability
● Leverage internal server storage
Provide Storage Choices
● Support but don’t require SSD - Not all workloads need it
● Leverage shared storage if it exists
StarWind Virtual SAN – hardware-less storage
Zero hardware footprint
o Dramatically reduced CapEx and OpEx
o Complete fault tolerance with just 2 servers
o No specialized staff required for management
How it works
Thank you!
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http://www.starwindsoftware.com
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