Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?

scottalanmiller

I'm late, but yes, @StarWind_Software is the way to go here. It's free and native to Hyper-V and does exactly what you are looking to do.

dave247

@scottalanmiller said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

I'm late, but yes, @StarWind_Software is the way to go here. It's free and native to Hyper-V and does exactly what you are looking to do.

Hi Scott. Yes, thanks. I am going to work on setting up vSAN. Looks like it will be a fun learning experience for me.

PenguinWrangler

@scottalanmiller Would you use their Linux appliance or install it on a Windows VM?

scottalanmiller

@penguinwrangler said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

@scottalanmiller Would you use their Linux appliance or install it on a Windows VM?

Neither, it is native to Hyper-V.

scottalanmiller

@penguinwrangler said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

@scottalanmiller Would you use their Linux appliance or install it on a Windows VM?

You've got their team around here to help you, as well.

KOOLER

@dave247 said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

I have a few servers that are now available for whatever I want, since I've virtualized them to our vSphere 6.5 environment. We currently have a single SAN unit for our vm datastore which connects to two switches and then to three virtual hosts (SAM's Inverted Pyramid of Doom thing).

Anyway, I am trying to experiment with a different design as well as set up a new test environment. I want to install Hyper-V 2016 Server on my most powerful spare server, then I want to use my other two servers as mirrored or a distributed storage cluster.

I am not 100% on what is best practice on how exactly to set this up, so I'm hoping for some input. I mean, I'm a sysadmin at my job, so I understand how to install and configure stuff.. but I've not set up a completely new environment from scratch before.

Any advice is much appreciated!

SAM has a point (thanks for reference!)

Dave ping me anton AT starwind DOT com and I'll get you in touch with engineers who could help. You're welcomed to proceed with either commercial or a free version (no time bombs, no capacity or feature limits there).

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free

Good luck

hobbit666

I'll be looking to do this soon (I hope) as we have some spare servers dotted around in stores that need collecting

dave247

@kooler said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

@dave247 said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

I have a few servers that are now available for whatever I want, since I've virtualized them to our vSphere 6.5 environment. We currently have a single SAN unit for our vm datastore which connects to two switches and then to three virtual hosts (SAM's Inverted Pyramid of Doom thing).

Anyway, I am trying to experiment with a different design as well as set up a new test environment. I want to install Hyper-V 2016 Server on my most powerful spare server, then I want to use my other two servers as mirrored or a distributed storage cluster.

I am not 100% on what is best practice on how exactly to set this up, so I'm hoping for some input. I mean, I'm a sysadmin at my job, so I understand how to install and configure stuff.. but I've not set up a completely new environment from scratch before.

Any advice is much appreciated!

SAM has a point (thanks for reference!)

Dave ping me anton AT starwind DOT com and I'll get you in touch with engineers who could help. You're welcomed to proceed with either commercial or a free version (no time bombs, no capacity or feature limits there).

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free

Good luck

Sure, I may do that if I need help. I really only plan to use this as a lab + backup testing environment at work, so I would use the free version.. not sure what the difference is though.

JaredBusch

@dave247 said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

@kooler said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

@dave247 said in Can I get some direction on setting up Hyper-V server with a storage cluster?:

I have a few servers that are now available for whatever I want, since I've virtualized them to our vSphere 6.5 environment. We currently have a single SAN unit for our vm datastore which connects to two switches and then to three virtual hosts (SAM's Inverted Pyramid of Doom thing).

Anyway, I am trying to experiment with a different design as well as set up a new test environment. I want to install Hyper-V 2016 Server on my most powerful spare server, then I want to use my other two servers as mirrored or a distributed storage cluster.

I am not 100% on what is best practice on how exactly to set this up, so I'm hoping for some input. I mean, I'm a sysadmin at my job, so I understand how to install and configure stuff.. but I've not set up a completely new environment from scratch before.

Any advice is much appreciated!

SAM has a point (thanks for reference!)

Dave ping me anton AT starwind DOT com and I'll get you in touch with engineers who could help. You're welcomed to proceed with either commercial or a free version (no time bombs, no capacity or feature limits there).

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free

Good luck

Sure, I may do that if I need help. I really only plan to use this as a lab + backup testing environment at work, so I would use the free version.. not sure what the difference is though.