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Stateful vs Stateless: An Infrastructure Perspective

State is one of the most important factors affecting application scalability, availability, and recovery. While can scale horizontally with minimal operational overhead, introduce requirements around persistent storage, replication, , , and data consistency.
Our new article by Dmytro Malynka for examines the differences between stateful and stateless applications, including deployments vs , databases, message brokers, caching platforms, and modern cloud-native architectures. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1br

Deploy a hyperconverged infrastructure with StarWind

Herman’s Supply Company, a distributor of roofing materials and accessories, operated a fragmented, hardware-centric infrastructure with standalone servers across multiple sites, leading to high operational costs and complex management. The company needed a platform capable of consolidating compute and storage, simplifying management, and reducing hardware dependency. By deploying HCI Appliance ( ), Herman’s Supply Company builds a two-node hyperconverged cluster with integrated storage and , enables centralized management and optimized performance, and cuts IT operational costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1bo

PowerShell 7.6 Released: Upgrade Now or Wait?

remains one of the most important automation platforms in modern infrastructure operations. The new 7.6 LTS release introduces a number of practical enhancements that administrators will notice immediately, especially when working with large inventories, REST APIs, DSC, and parallel ex*****on.
Our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for provides a technical overview of the release, highlights potential breaking changes, and walks through installation and upgrade procedures for and hosts. Read more here:

PowerShell 7.6: LTS Upgrade Guide for Admins Learn what's new in PowerShell 7.6 LTS, why it matters for datacenter admins, and how to install or upgrade it on Windows Server and Linux.

What Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Localization Mean

Many IT teams know where their production data is stored. Far fewer can confidently answer which laws apply to that data or whether backup copies, DR replicas, logs, and remain within the same jurisdiction.
Our new article by Ivan Ishchenko for explains the practical differences between , , and , and why these concepts increasingly influence cloud strategy, compliance, disaster recovery, and adoption. Read more here:

Data residency, sovereignty, and localization: a practical guide for infrastructure teams Compare data residency, data sovereignty, and data localization, with practical examples for cloud storage, SaaS, AI, backups, and compliance.

Create highly available shared storage with StarWind

Rapid IT, an Australian IT services provider, operated a Hyper-V environment backed by a costly HPE SAN, lacking a cost-efficient and scalable virtual SAN solution. The company required an easy-to-deploy VSAN that integrates natively with Hyper-V and provides using existing hardware. By deploying Virtual SAN ( ), Rapid IT builds a cost-effective, highly available storage infrastructure on Microsoft , achieves reliable service delivery, and reduces storage costs to a fraction of traditional SAN solutions. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1bd

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

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

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