Starwind Storage is excellent value with outstanding support ofn a budget
July 21, 2021
Starwind Storage is excellent value with outstanding support ofn a budget
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Do you think StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with StarWind Storage Appliance (SA)'s feature set?
Yes
Did StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy StarWind Storage Appliance (SA) again?
Yes