StarWind Virtual SAN

We use StarWind Virtual SAN to provide a resilient platform to host business critical VM's. We came across StarWind Virtual SAN when evaluation Hyperconverged storage providers and it allowed us to repurpose our existing hardware which was great. We have had it running reliably for 3 years now and its a key piece of our infrastructure that just works.

• StarWind Virtual SAN allowed us to eliminate the need for expensive SAN hardware reducing IT expenditure by approximately 30%
• By leveraging synchronous replication, we achieved near-zero downtime for critical workloads, aligning with our business continuity objectives.
• StarWind Virtual SAN with their pro active support reduced complexity in storage management, freeing up IT resources and lowering operational costs.

StorMagic SvSAN, Nutanix AHV, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE MSA

ESET PROTECT, Windows Server, HPE Aruba Networking Switches

I am using StarWind Virtual SAN for my small Proxmox Cluster. The StarWind Virtual SAN can be installed on commodity hardware or existing hardware. The StarWind Virtual SAN can be my shared storage cluster. So, my small Proxmox Cluster can do live migration or HA. Besides, StarWind Virtual SAN has replication ability for data protection

• uses commodity server
• Eliminates expensive SAN hardware for small cluster
• High availability (HA)

LINSTOR and TrueNAS

LINSTOR, TrueNAS

We have been working with StarWind for over 10 years now. We have deployed their SAN software on physical Windows storage servers, Virtual Windows Storage Servers and as a storage appliance on VMware. We have deployed it as a single box solution for small customers and 2 and 3 way HA storage clusters for VMware environments for larger customers. In every scenario we have deployed StarWind, it has been the best solution we have found to push the full potential of the hardware for maximum data throughput and IOPs, while maintaining data integrity and availability with HA. We have worked with their support staff on many occasions. They are always quick to respond and they have always come through with a solution to our issues. They are always committed to ensuring the performance and functionality of their product. I would highly recommend StarWind to anyone! A+

• It allows for storage maintenance during business hours which reduces the high cost of after hours maintenance and downtime
• Keeps the infrastructure running when there is a hardware failure which prevents costly downtime
• Fast and easy to deploy reducing costly deployment services

FreeNAS, Dell EqualLogic PS Series, Synology DiskStation and QNAP NAS

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Azure, Hyper-V

Great product with great support at a fair price, This StarWind Virtual SAN solution is working great and is easy to deploy, with detailed documentation. I recommended this solution for a VDI deployment that needed shared storage also not costing an arm and a leg like Vmware VSAN.

• Saved a lot of many comparing to the competition
• Tiered licensed model means great predictibility and business use

VMware vSAN

VMware vSAN, Dell AppSync

StarWind Virtual SAN is our production storage running on two VMWare ESXi hosts.

We are in the process of downsizing on site storage, moving as much as possible to the cloud - and there were not any affordable options available from NetApp a replace our out of production NetApp SAN. VMWare vSAN requires 3 host servers so it also was not a good fit. StarWind Virtual SAN has turned out to be a great soltuon that works just as well as what we had before but at a fraction of the cost.

• We paid less than half for hardware and software to implement StarWind Virtual SAN than our previous NetApp SAN 6 years before - and about 1/3 as much as it would have cost to buy the lowest cost replacement NetApp SAN
• The Software has already been purchased so we only need to buy hardware when it's time to refresh.
• Buying onboard storage for servers is cheaper than buying a separate SAN

NetApp FAS Storage Arrays, Dell Unity XT Unified Storage and Nfina Hybrid Cloud

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