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StarWind SAN & NAS

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What is StarWind SAN & NAS?

StarWind SAN & NAS is an HCL-certified software-defined shared storage for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. The solution also enables the user to repurpose servers into certified backup targets if they are using Veeam. StarWind SAN & NAS, as a Linux-based VM, leverages all the features of ZFS to ensure optimal storage use, data safety and integrity. The solution is designed to present a unified, lightweight, intuitive, and innovative SDS solution.

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StarWind SAN & NAS - Easy, Safe and Cost Effective

Incentivized
Ted Feddema
IT Manager in Information Technology at Permolex (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were looking for a cost effective way to create a cluster system running Hyper-V VMs without having to deploy an expensive NAS server. We can use local high speed Nvme storage and share between the cluster nodes.

Pros

  • Fast
  • Easy to use
  • Great support from Starwind

Cons

  • So far it meets all of our requirements

Most Important Features

  • Ease of use
  • Reliable
  • Low cost
  • Excellent support
  • Makes use of lower cost local attached nvme storage
  • Not confined to configuration rules as with Storage Spaces

Return on Investment

  • Even though we have had one host disk failure on one of the cluster nodes, there was no interruption to our users. The server was repaired and the StarWind SAN & NAS made the transition very simple.
  • There has been zero downtime since the StarWind SAN & NAS was implemented.,

2 node HC powerhouse

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Starwind VSAN for all our hyper-converged deployments. Value, ease of deployment, manageability, and performance have been very good. Super easy to deploy compared to some other SDS / HC storage applications. Value wise Starwind VSAN is probably the best ROI out of the other solutions.

Pros

  • Ease of Deployment
  • Management interface
  • Documentation and support
  • performance

Cons

  • Documentation could be little better
  • Have a distributed raid option

Most Important Features

  • Ease of deployment
  • High performance
  • value on investment

Return on Investment

  • Allowed us to go all flash for 1/5 the cost
  • Boosted end user experience due to high iops on flash
  • lowered expenses on arrays and licensees

Alternatives Considered

VMware vSAN and Nutanix Unified Storage

Other Software Used

vSphere, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, Hyper-V

Best budget friendly SAN and NAS product out there

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • mirroring internal disks and flash between hypervisor servers.
  • Creates powerful environment at low cost.
  • Allows maintenance in zero down time.

Cons

  • Can improve documentation.
  • Can more focus on user training.

Most Important Features

  • Transparent usage
  • Free migration assistance
  • Command center

Return on Investment

  • Can't see any such negative impact so far.

Alternatives Considered

CloudHealth by VMware and Dell EMC Managed Services

Other Software Used

Zoom, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Slack