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StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)

Overview

What is StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)?

StarWind SA helps organizations with fixed compute platforms meet storage performance and capacity growth requirements by providing them with high-performance and scalable storage covered by 24/7 support. StarWind Storage Appliance is designed to handle high-performance or unpredictable data growth. It…

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Powerful and affordable data transformation platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 3, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
For storage and data transfer StarWind Storage Appliance has been the best solution. The GUI is flexible and easy to learn how it works. The deployment procedure takes a short...
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Jessica Hull
Administrator - Professional Services
Database Administrator
Ordina
StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)2 years of experience

Starwind Storage is excellent value with outstanding support ofn a budget

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 21, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have three StarWind SANs. They provide storage for around 70 VMs running on our 3-host ESXi cluster. We used FC originally but decided to switch to iSCSI and put in a 2-nod...
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StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)7 years of experience
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What is StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)?

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Powerful and affordable data transformation platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 03, 2022
JH
Jessica Hull
Database Administrator
Ordina (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
For storage and data transfer StarWind Storage Appliance has been the best solution. The GUI is flexible and easy to learn how it works. The deployment procedure takes a short time for full operation capacity. It shows the graphical display of data across all departments and the performance from all departments. It monitors all storage locations of our data and enhances security to any stored files.
Pros and Cons
  • Securing all workloads stored under its promises.
  • Secure file transfer network.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited in data transfer and storage of files under secure environment. It has contributed to immediate Return on Investment with low cost performance. I totally recommend it to any company for its high speed performance under secure data channels. It does reliable reporting on data integration and analysis on daily basis pointing out areas that have challenging operations.
StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) Feature Ratings
Enterprise Flash Array Storage (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Flash Array Performance
90%
9.0
Flash Array Integration
100%
10.0
Data Compression
90%
9.0
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
100%
10.0
Simplicity
100%
10.0
Power Savings
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • There was immediate and positive ROI
  • The main deployment objectives have been achieved.
Alternatives Considered
I have not been able to work with same featured product in our organization, however the performance of this platform has been excellent. The support center has been reliable and trustworthy giving us 100% support on daily basis when we deach them. It is affordable to any business enterprise that is ready to implement data storage and transfer programs. The maintenance and scalable cost is reasonable and and the services has been great.

Starwind Storage is excellent value with outstanding support ofn a budget

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 21, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have three StarWind SANs. They provide storage for around 70 VMs running on our 3-host ESXi cluster. We used FC originally but decided to switch to iSCSI and put in a 2-node Starwind SAN for additional storage, then another when we switched to it for primary storage, then a 3-node SSD SAN when we needed additional performance.
Pros and Cons
  • Very cost-effective. You choose the hardware.
  • Very reliable and performant.
  • Excellent proactive support. They call us when there is an issue.
  • Very flexible. Can mix and match spinning disk and SSD depending on capacity and performance needs.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well-suited for small and medium businesses and possibly niches in larger networks. It is iSCSI-based, so not suitable for FC environments. You don't have to have advanced knowledge to implement it, but a little bit of knowledge about how storage works can help. It is excellent for our VMware ESXi environment with three hosts.
StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) Feature Ratings
Enterprise Flash Array Storage (6)
33.333333333333336%
3.3
Flash Array Performance
N/A
N/A
Flash Array Integration
N/A
N/A
Data Compression
N/A
N/A
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
100%
10.0
Simplicity
100%
10.0
Power Savings
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • It enabled us to upgrade our storage and switch from FC to iSCSI at a reasonable cost.
  • iSCSi is so much less expensive to maintain.
  • StarWind is upgradable and you never lose your investment.
Alternatives Considered
We used FC-based EMC and Xiotech previously but they were end-of-support and too expensive to upgrade. We looked at several iSCSI solutions such a Dell, NetApp, and others and the cost performance of StarWind was way better.
Other Software Used
VMware ESXi, Azure Virtual Machines, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)
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