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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed to deploy the new infrastructure in the new data center as soon as possible. As reliable, fault-tolerant storage, we used the StarWind solution with two old servers and a raid array on SSD drives. Storage is used for a VMWare cluster for virtual machines that have MS SQL servers installed.

Pros and Cons

Easy installation.
Excellent performance.
Low price compared to hardware storage.
Possibility to use different equipment.

The storage size limit of 4TB is less than I would like.

Return on Investment

Cost savings
Speed of delivery and installation

Hypervisor Agnostic Benefits

I used the StarWind solution only as an iscsi target.

Ease of Management

Very nice and easy to use console.

Support Rating

10

Very friendly and fast technical support.

Alternatives Considered

FreeNAS and Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent)

FreeNAS and hardware storages

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, Hyper-V

Likelihood to Recommend

I used StarWind only as storage, but I think it's better to use it in hyper-converged environments.