StarWind Virtual SAN is software-defined storage for efficient storage and backup.
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StarWind Virtual SAN is easier to setup and use, and less expensive. It also has the flexibility of working with Hyper-V or vSphere. StarWind Virtual SAN as a company is also much easier to work with.
HPE and Dell solutions were just too expensive for our budget. HPE's solution lacked performance. Dell's solution is plagued by bad reviews which told stories of broken patching procedures and terrible support experiences. The only company who offered me a trial of their …
StarWind Virtual SAN Applicance is available in a hyperconverged scenario, it means you can run it on existing virtual machines and it does the backup against each other by synchronizing the data store with each other. Vmware does not have this type of hyperconvergent approach. …
VMware vSAN requires 3 physical hosts or 2 and a witness, and this was not practical for our situation as we are SMB. StarWind allows us to continue our 2-host virtualization setup and keep all our redundancy and performance.
Better offering from a service and hardware standpoint. Multiple purchase options allowed the flexibility needed to move forward with acquiring the hardware.
Have not evaluated or used any other Virtual SAN products. VMWare's offereing requires 3 ESXi host servers so that would have made storage costs too high.
While they may have more robust enterprise grade features like duplication, the price point of Nimble and DD makes it a very tough sell in a cost concious environment. Starwind provides us with great reliability and enough features to make it an easy sell.
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Team Lead
Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
Other solution so far we have evaluated is expensive whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is cost effective.
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Manager
Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
we did not evaluate any other vendors with virtual SANs
We have found the solution surprisingly simple to use. The management
console allows us to monitor the solution and we have configured email
alerts to alert us about critical issues. These alerts have been proven
StarWind Virtual SAN is generally less expensive than VMware vSAN, especially when it comes to licensing costs. StarWind Virtual SAN is licensed per node, whereas VMware vSAN requires a license for each CPU core in each node. This can make VMware vSAN significantly more …
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Director
Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
We have not used VMware vSAN as much as StarWind but cost is better with StarWind and also support
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Employee
Chose StarWind Virtual SAN
Virtual SAN (vSAN), a software-defined storage solution that enables users to build shared storage for virtual machines operating in a VMware vSphere environment, is a great HCI platform.It must be used for remote access, and specific duties must be delegated to internal …
We were initially utilizing HPE Lefthand OS as a virtual SAN which was then set to EOL. We evaluated a number of solutions including VMware vSAN and settled on StarWind. StarWind provided a better value, easier and more intuitive interface, and wasn't wizard driven.
StarWind Virtual SAN is the most flexible and reliable system I tested. Although there are other good systems in the market this is the most flexible allowing integration with many Hypervisors
When it comes to virtual storage solutions, there are a few options to choose from including StarWind Virtual SAN, VMware vSAN, and TrueNAS. I've evaluated each of these solutions and found that StarWind Virtual SAN stacks up well against the competition. For me, the deciding …
One key advantage of StarWind Virtual SAN is its flexibility and scalability. The software's ability to create and manage storage pools and virtual disks directly from the management console allows for easy customization and expansion of storage capacity as needed. This can be …
I would say that StarWind Virtual SAN can stand toe to toe with Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSAN.
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Professional
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These products are awesome, but not cost-effective for me. VMware vSAN integrates like a glove if you are running fully VMware environment, not other hypervisors. ONTAP Select is awesome, like a real cabinet, but licensing is a bit complex, and expensive. in both cases in a …