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Turnkey Hardware stack and System Administration with great support!
August 29, 2022

Turnkey Hardware stack and System Administration with great support!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN

We were looking to replace 3-4 physical hosts running 10-12 virtual servers with one solution that would require less maintenance and full high-availability. We could have developed our own stack, but this was so turnkey and useful that it made the most sense. Now we have two physical hosts that have more power and high availability than all the previous servers combined. Support, incredibly fast response to support requests such as size increase of the SAN and install software updates whenever we need them.
  • Allowed us to take advantage of all the Hyper-V features and live migrations without the expense of dedicated SANs.
  • We can perform maintenance on either host during the day and the users don't even notice a difference in performance.
  • Support also helps us improve our infrastructure with best practices of other organizations.
  • Some of the new Hyperconverged tools seem basic as a single-pane of glass dashboard, but they are constantly looking at improvements and updates.
  • The actual interface is somewhat cryptic, so we wouldn't know what configuration changes to make, but that is kind of the point - we have their full support and we don't have to staff a Level 5 engineer to make large configuration changes.
  • Reduced overall IT expense and resources needed to support hardware
Support is always amazing and willing to be available and help in any way.

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

Immediate redundancy and HA without a huge amount of configuration was ideal. The support they provided was even better - with proactive monitoring and efficient setup and configuration changes. We recently upgraded the physical hosts and maxed out the memory and hard drive space and their support team walked us through the upgrade every step of the way. There were no issues and even with an older HCA we have plenty of room for future growth. We also can install security patches with no problems during the day instead of after-hours.