Very good redundant VSAN in relatively low price
September 14, 2022

Very good redundant VSAN in relatively low price

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

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN

My company leads business of alarm monitoring center. We need the system with no data loss in case of issues and with no interruption (or only several seconds of interruption) in data processing. We need full redundant environment for my database and for alarm monitoring center programs. A single server is not considerable. Before, we used a cluster of two Windows servers with shared storage system on a single hardware SAN. On this environment was running clustered SQL server with database mirroring. Every part of the system was redundant except for SAN. It was almost satisfying. Every cluster server system we know needs shared storage system. The cluster could be fully redundant, but this redundancy is worth nothing without a redundant storage system. We had a single SAN system. As a single system, SAN was not redundant. But we needed a redundant storage system. We always were afraid that once upon a time our SAN will stop to work. That's why I use StarWind Virtual San.
  • Before StarWind I used common SAN. It was one and only not redundant element in my system. Now I have redundant SAN system
  • Once I have set up the system I could forget I have it. No issues.
  • Performance of StarWind VSan is good
  • When I started to use it, there was one mising feature - I mean sending reports by email. But it is solved now.
  • We need the system with no data loss in case of issues and with no interruption (or only several seconds of interruption) in data processing. Thanks to StarWind we have it.
  • Improved performance.
  • Relatively low costs.
As I wrote I almost did everything without help. But my configuration was not optimal. Technical support od StarWind had cheched up my configuration and gave me some important advices, It was really pleasure to cooperate with support engineer.
No one. Before I didn't know the StarWind. I have been searching by Google for solution. StarWind VSAN was the first solution I found that gave me the hope. After first tests I was satisfied and I stoped to search.

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

It is very good and not very expensive solution for two node cluster with Hyper-V.
You can have full redundant storage system, you don't need to have third computer for witness.
I my opinion it is really great.