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HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued) vs. StarWind Virtual SAN

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AHP StoreVirtual VSA was software defined storage, from HPE replacing the former LeftHand P4000 VSA. It reached EOL March 2019.N/A

    StarWind Virtual SAN

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AStarWind Virtual SAN is software-defined storage for efficient storage and backup.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued)StarWind Virtual SAN
    Editions & Modules
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    HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued)StarWind Virtual SAN
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued)StarWind Virtual SAN
    Considered Both Products
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    StarWind
    Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
    S2D needs a lot of HDD to work properly, you must use a minimum of 2 SSD RAID 0 for cache, and a minimum of 4 HDD for data and it's more difficult to manage. HPE doesn't support anymore VSA.
    Incentivized
    Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
    Yes, we used HPE StoreVirtual, we moved to StarWind to reduce costs. We tried VMware VSAN and the cost was too elevated for our requirements.
    Incentivized
    Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
    Our old SAN was an HP VSA. We liked the license model of StarWind because we could get more storage space for less money. The server load was also less. The old SAN used six servers, and the new SAN has only three. The StarWind SAN has been just as reliable, but we lose some …
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    HPE StoreVirtual VSA (Discontinued)StarWind Virtual SAN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
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    9.9
    (144 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.6
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.7
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.4
    (120 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)