Rocket Division Software

StarBurn 10.5 released.

2008-10-29

Rocket Division Software announces immediate availability of the new version of its award winning StarBurn software application. New version (v. 10.5) introduces number of fixes and improvements. The most important are:

StarBurn now has portable edition unified with the base installation.
Wizards complete C++ source code included. StarBurn now is open
source application!
Skin manager bug (no skins under x64 Vista/Longhorn Windows) fixed.
Broken non-English volume label names bug fixed.
Can work now w/o Administrator rights (except StarPort-based wizards)
under Vista/Longhorn.
SAO & DAO methods now correctly report they cannot do "test" burn.
DVD+R DL (Double Layer) now correctly sets layer break border.
Probing for supported read modes now does not probe DVD and Blu-Ray
for raw reads they cannot do.
PIONEER 116 and 216 (PATA & SATA models) workaround added.
Now we can do true session and disc finalization for BD-R media
(don't always leave disc opened).
BD-RE and DVD+RW erase sequence changed. Now we do completely erase
UDF header.
TOC reading has workaround for broken AnyDVD software (with
protected Blu-Ray movie disc inserted).
TOC sequence changed to report correct track ends for DVD and
Blu-Ray disc (w/o link blocks).
Conflict with Romeo Burner application fixed.

StarWind 3.5.5 has been released.

2008-10-06

Rocket Division Software, Ltd announces immediate availability of the new version of its flagship product StarWind. StarWind is highly advanced software-only iSCSI target for Microsoft Windows family OSes. The new version (3.5.5) of the product introduces number of fixes and improvements to the product. The most important news in this version are:

Core: TcpKeepAlivePeriod config parameter added to allow TCP/IP keep alive feature for iSCSI connections
Core: fixed a problem with loading of Access options after service restart
Core: allowed clustering by default for all target types
Core: removed the old ISID workaround for the MS initiator
Core: fixed the ExpCmdSn increment's behavior in some situations
Core: iSCSI negotiation fixed to allow bigger data packets
Core: added Config parameters for tuning of the iSCSI negotiation
Core: enhancements in the StarWind Plugin API
IMG: fixed an issue with online extending of image files
MIR: changed the Online synchronization algorithm
MIR: fixed an issue with memory allocation
IBV: fixed problem with child devices (snapshot-based)
IBV: fixed MaxStoredSessions behavior
IBV: speed up for read requests to data in old journals
IBV: fixed issues with Vmware ESX clients when snapshots happened during large write operations
Control: fixed issues that led to crashes in some situations

You can read more about the software at:
http://rocketdivision.com/wind.html

You can download trial version of StarWind at:
http://www.rocketdivision.com/download_form.html?act=download&prod=2

The copy of the product or ASM can be ordered at:
http://www.rocketdivision.com/download_starwind.html

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StarBurn SDK 10 released.

2008-07-15

Rocket Division Software announces immediate availability of its StarBurn SDK version 10. The very imported upgrade comes with serious improvements and additions to the award winning SDK and introduces new and improved functionality for developers. Among these additions and improvements are:

New Unicode-based UDF mastering engine represented.
All of the core SDK samples are completely re-worked, updated and new VC2003, VC2005 and VC2008 project files have been created. Now wizard-based samples are in sync with our commercial StarBurn application wizards.
Finally StarBurn comes with completely new StarBurnX OCX wrapper for easy use of it's features. C#, VB.NET & VB6 and C++ samples are included. Written from the scratch.
New SPTD re-distributable executables to provide exclusive access to the burner has been included into SDK. Also new CreatExEx(...) API call to serve SPTD transport is fully documented.
Audio compression engine has been re-worked. Now we do encoding not only to WMA but also to MP3 and OGG Vorbis audio formats (decoding was available before). Also audio recording can accept Unicode file names.
Track-At-Once recording for audio now accept variable pause length between tracks (just like DAO).
Now StarBurn can burn with 32KB and 64KB packets to DVD and Blu-Ray media. Better compatibility.
Boot image handling code changed. Now we patch CRC checksums so Linux bootable media works.
WPP tracing added (optional).
Burning using pipe as a source was made much easier. Pipe-related Win32 calls re-wrapped inside StarBurn for faster & safer use.
IFO/BUP patching fixed. Better DVD-Video compatibility.
Numerous bugfixes & hardware workarounds added.

You can read more about the toolkit and download its fully functional evaluation here.

StarPort 3.6 released.

2008-04-14

Rocket Division Software releases version 3.6 of its award-winning iSCSI and AoE initiator software product. The version comes with number of improvements the most important of which are:

AES256 Encrypted Virtual Hard Disk Support
Fully skinnable new GUI

StarBurn 10 has been released.

2008-03-27

Rocket Division Software announces availability of the new release of its FREE CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burning, ripping and mastering StarBurn application. The new version comes with the number of fixes and improvements. The most important are:

Support for burning audio discs of extra capacity (up to 99 min).
UDF images mastering wizard and functionality.
Skinnable wizards.

StarWind 3.5.3 has been released.

2008-02-27

StarWind iSCSI target version 3.5.3 has been released. Among the updates, changes and fixes introduced in this version the most important are:

Version 3.5.3 build 2008-02-19

IBV: The core logic redesigned to fix problems with data corruption
IBV: Added protection against power off of the host that led to missing data
IBV: fixed problems with request sequencing (the logic redesigned)
IBV: fixed problems with failed sessions
IBV: Fixed issues with multi-initiator access
IBV: the core journal switching logic has been reworked and bullet-proofed
IBV: Enhanced creation of manual snapshots
IBV: Cleanup of old journals fixed and enhanced
IMG: Fixed a problem with some disk controllers when ImageFiles were erroneously recognized as hard drives
RAM: fixed issues with formatting to FAT32
VDVD: some enhancements in the MODE_SENSE handler
Core: work around for incoming MaxConnections=0 on negotiation

StarPort version 3.5.4 released,

2008-01-21

Rocket Division Software announces new maintenance release of its iSCSI/AoE storage controller for Windows. New version 3.5.4 among others addresses these issues:

Fixed corruption of active AoE sessions on wake up after sleep/hibernate on Vista.
Enhancements in the DVD emulation module to support DVD speed get/set requests.

Free versions of StarWind iSCSI Target and StarPort iSCSI initiator are announced.

2007-08-22

Rocket Division Software announces free versions of StarWind iSCSI Target and StarPort iSCSI Initiator.

StarWind, which runs on Microsoft Windows, allows any server or workstation (Windows, Linux, UNIX, etc) to access centralized storage, providing a cost-effective and easy-to-customize method for implementing and gaining all the benefits of a storage area network (SAN).

The free version of StarWind provides up to 2TB of storage capacity and allows only single client host to be connected. Customers requiring enhanced features such as clustering, snapshots, replication and additional storage capacity can choose between the Standard edition for $395 and the Professional edition for $995. With the addition of the free StarPort iSCSI initiator customers have a single point of support for both the server side storage SAN and the client side iSCSI agent.

Use the following links to download the software:

StarWind version 3.5 released.

2007-07-31

New version of the product introduces number of improvements and fixes. The most important changes are:

Windows 2008 Server (Longhorn) clustering (persistent reservations) is supported.
VMware ESX fully compatible. All of the ESX initiator issues successfully workarounded.
CHAP values generation optimized.
Access to the local unclaimed devices is allowed now.
iSCSI volume cache synchronization sequence added.
"Switch active mirror" and fast volume synchronization (MD5 checksum
calculated) added to the Mirror (RAID1) plug-in.
Mirror synchronization progress indication added.
Windows 2000 SP4 support re-enabled.
Volume data compression and encryption added.
Target now can force-remove connected initiators.
Fast image file creation sequence added. Now more "delayed write" issues on the first write to the image file.
Variable disk geometry supported. Now old Solaris initiators and Intel iSCSI boot code assuming fixed disk geometry work.
Volume status information added to the device properties page.
Major GUI fixes and a lot of new HOWTO manuals added.

The version can be downloaded at this link.

StarPort version 3.5 released.

2007-07-31

Upgrade introduces number of additions and fixes including:

Full compatibility with the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Server 2008 (Longhorn).
GUI fixes.
New manuals and HOWTO documents.

New version can be downloaded at this link.

StarBurn SDK version 7.2.20 released.

2007-04-02

StarBurn SDK Version 7.2.20 has been released. List of fixes/updates since the prior build (7.1.10) includes:

Now StarBurn SDK comes with SPTD transport. It is set of filter drivers allowing to bypass any broken SCSI filter. Burning should be ROCK solid from now. Take a look at FindDeviceExEx sample (GUI samples would be updated a bit later).
GUI samples fixed and re-worked. Lots of bugs fixes since previous very first new UI samples release.
JStarBurn.dll and whole Java wrapper for StarBurn SDK is shipped with the core SDK. Burning from Java never has been so easy!

More details about the release can be read at: http://www.rocketdivision.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=972

StarWind 3.2.2 released.

2007-04-02

Rocket Division Software has released version 3.2.2 of StarWind iSCSI Target for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Longhorn (32-bit and 64-bit versions).

This version includes the following changes:

New DiskBridge plug-in implemented. Now whole hard disk can be represented as SCSI-3 compatible iSCSI target volume. Now broken RAID and SCSI controllers should always work with VMware ESX, MSCS and other virtual machines.
Huge SAN volume creation optimized. From now multi-terrabyte SAN volumes would be created much faster compared to the previous versions.
Buffer alignment changed to workaround RAID and SCSI controllers reporting byte alignment when they really need word or double word. No more occasional write errors on very rare controller models.
Fixed several minor problems found in 3.2.1
On-line help updated to describe added features.

StarWind iSCSI Target v3.2 certified for MetaSAN iSCSI

2007-01-18

Montreal, CANADA - January 18, 2007
Rocket Division, a leading vendor of iSCSI software announces it has certified StarWind iSCSI Target software for use with Tiger Technology's MetaSAN iSCSI cross platform file sharing Storage Area Network (SAN) management software.

"The StarWind iSCSI Target and MetaSAN software are a perfect combination for customers that need to share data both at the file system and logical block levels using a high performance and cost effective solution." said Anton Kolomyeytsev, CEO of Rocket Division Software.

The StarWind iSCSI Target software turns a Microsoft Windows machine into an iSCSI target appliance that delivers remote storage to customers looking for a cost effective and simple to customize method to implement centralized storage, gaining all the benefits of a storage area network (SAN) over TCP/IP.

The MetaSAN iSCSI software delivers a production-proven, affordable and reliable approach to arbitrating data and offers extensive productivity enhancements including cross-platform operating system support (Windows, Linux and Mac OS X), per-node bandwidth allocation, Avid Unity storage virtualization, native OS file system and rights management, and 24/7 mission-critical ready with transparent failover capability.

"MetaSAN iSCSI provides the file-level arbitration and the unique file-system translation technology that enables any number of heterogeneous servers to simultaneously read and write to the shared StarWind iSCSI volume" says Bernard Lamborelle, Director of Sales for Tiger Technology, "This combination of software product is ideally suited for customers who need scalable, reliable, and cost efficient storage along with easy, and rapid access to critical block-oriented enterprise data such as small to medium-sized SQL databases, Exchange or Sharepoint servers."

More information is available here

StarPort v3.2 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 is released

2007-01-16

Rocket Division Software announces availability of the new 3.2 version of the StarPort iSCSI and AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet) initiator, RAM disk and DVD-ROM emulator software.
This version faces numerous enhancements, performance optimizations and has separate iSCSI and AoE licensing policy.
It supports Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 (i386 and amd64), Windows Server 2003 SP1 (i386 and amd64).

StarWind 3.2 released.

2006-11-21

Rocket Division Software announces immediate availability of version 3.2 of its award-winning StarWind iSCSI Target for Microsoft Windows. This version introduces number of serious improvements and additions. The more details can be read at this location.

StarWind Survey.

2006-09-12

Rocket Division Software asks its customers to fill out a brief survey for the StarWind iSCSI Target. It will only take a few minutes and will greatly help us in our future development. Those who participate in the survey have a chance to win Amazon.com gift certificates. Please click here to fill out the survey.

Special promotion month for resellers.

2006-09-01

During the September Rocket Division Software offers special discounts (up to 40%) for resellers. It is the right time to sign the reseller agreement with us. Please contact us for further details.

StarWind 3.1.4 released.

2006-07-21

New version of StarWind iSCSI target is available. Maintenance update addresses issues from the previous releases:

crashes in session reinstatement
IBVolume multiple sessions limitation
issues with INQUIRY VPD requests

More updates and minor fixes.

RSS news feed is available.

2006-07-21

Rocket Division Software has started RSS news feed which is available for those interested at: http://www.rocketdivision.com/rss.xml

StarPort 3.0.4 released.

2006-07-06

Rocket Division Software announces availability of the new 3.0.4 version of the StarPort iSCSI and AoE initiator software product. More information about the release is available here.

StarWind 3.1 released.

2006-04-26

Rocket Division Software announces availability of the new 3.1 version of the StarWind iSCSI target product. The maintenance release addresses several issues from previous versions.

StarPort 3.0.0 released.

2006-03-22

Rocket Division Software announces availability of the new 3.0.0 version of its iSCSI and AoE initiator software product. More information available here.

Offer for former WinTarget users.

2006-03-21

Rocket Division Software offers FREE registration of its StarWind iSCSI target solution for clients of former String Bean Software's WinTarget (tm) iSCSI target software. If you are registered client of the WinTarget please contact us with relevant order details to get your free registration.

StarSkin 2.5.2.5 released

2006-03-15

Maintenance release. Fixed several issues from the previous versions. It is recommended to replace previous builds with the current.

StarWind 3.0.0 released

2006-03-07

Complete support and further updating of the IBVolume plug-in (support for snapshots, incremental backup and cloned volumes).