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StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)

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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Product Details

What is StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)?

StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) Technical Details

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Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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July 21, 2021

Starwind Storage is excellent value with outstanding support ofn a budget

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • Not sure what improvements are needed. The UI could possibly be more intuitive.
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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