StarWind SAN & NAS Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.7 out of 10

Score

9.7 out of 10

Reviews

3 Reviews

2 node HC powerhouse

Rating: 10 out of 10

February 6, 2023

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

Likelihood to Recommend

For companies wanting a lean 2 node HC cluster Starwind VSAN is the way to go. Performance, ease of setup, reliability, and management are very good. However, If companies have more than 2 node-setups Starwind isn't the best option as it only does mirrors. Having more than 2 nodes essentially means wasting 2/3 of storage capacity. If StarWind can add distributed raids in future releases that would be perfect.

Verified User

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

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

StarWind SAN & NAS - Easy, Safe and Cost Effective

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 13, 2023

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for businesses that need to deploy on-site servers/clusters but have limited budgets. Extremely flexible.

Ted Feddema

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

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Best budget friendly SAN and NAS product out there

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 16, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, we are using StarWind for a particular product where we are using it at a place of using storage for servers. Its functionality to mirror local hard disks and flash between hypervisor serves is really great which is also a cost-efficient solution at a place or some costly storage service.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

StarWind is best suited for the integration and deployment part and for the storage part as well. The product is budget-friendly and helps us to improve business agility. Can't think of negative scenarios as of now.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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