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Excellent Solution

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN

It is used in our organization for DR and HA for the VMWare Hosts. We use the VSAN feature in StarWind for the data availability across our networks.
  • High availability.
  • Performance.
  • Gain 100% uptime and full fault tolerance.
  • Cost-efficiency.
  • Witness server improvement required.
  • TTL value below 5ms very tough.
  • Linux learning.
  • Licensing is very much flexible.
  • No add on payments required in future.
  • Performance overrides the cost of the solution.
The premium support feature is the best of all as they call back within 15 minutes whenever we log a high-priority case with StarWind. Never looks like it is going to take a day or more for the resolution of any issues with the support team. They are experienced in the software and they give good suggestions to improve the performance of the servers as well.
The other products for VSAN in the market are very very expensive compared to StarWind VSAN solution, and when I used it on the trial for a month I decided to go with this solution as it is the best in performance and scalability.

Do you think StarWind Virtual SAN delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with StarWind Virtual SAN's feature set?

Yes

Did StarWind Virtual SAN live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of StarWind Virtual SAN go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy StarWind Virtual SAN again?

Yes

Virtual SAN from StarWind ensures high uptime and fault tolerance starting with just two nodes. No expensive hardware required to set up the solution. Eliminates any need for physical shared storage by simply "mirroring" internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers.

Using StarWind Virtual SAN

3 - IT and Security
2 - Knowledge of SAN
  • HA
  • Data Scalability
  • Performance
  • DR
  • Failover
  • Migration
  • Tape Library
  • Backup
  • Redundancy
I will renew this product support as it is required for updates.

Evaluating StarWind Virtual SAN and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Cost
I can test the evaluation again and proceed with the purchase.

StarWind Virtual SAN Implementation

It's overall good.
  • Implemented in-house
Yes - 3 Phase
  • Network
  • Switching
  • IP Mapping
  • Firewall
  • Data

StarWind Virtual SAN Training

  • no training
It's easy to learn on [your] own after using it for few times.

Configuring StarWind Virtual SAN

Complex
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code

StarWind Virtual SAN Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
Yes, and it is the best support option from StarWind.
Last month when our data center was down due to a power issue, we switched to the secondary site with the StarWind.

Using StarWind Virtual SAN

ProsCons
Like to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Requires technical support
Lots to learn
  • Failover
  • Migration VM
  • Web Interface
  • Starwind Appliance
  • Linux commands
  • Networks in Starwind iSCSI
Good Solution

StarWind Virtual SAN Reliability

Data scalability is the best feature in StarWind.
Never went out of availability with StarWind.
It improves the overall performance.

Integrating StarWind Virtual SAN

Easy
  • VMware
  • HP
  • Veeam
It was done by [the] Starwind Support team.
  • No
  • No
  • No
Yes
  • File import/export
No
Not sure

Relationship with StarWind

They have explained the product details whenever required by our team.
I have called them a few times after sales and they supported my issue.
Price and support.

Upgrading StarWind Virtual SAN