Excellent product, even the free version!
November 18, 2022
Excellent product, even the free version!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN
We needed to put in place some testing for ESXi DR, Migrations and upgrades. To do this, we wanted to put in place an environment which was close to the live environment, but whilst keeping costs right down. StarWind's vSAN application allowed us to do just that by letting us take advantage of a fairly large host server in terms of compute and storage and use that for nested hosts along with a VM running the vSAN application to replicate a real-world environment.
- Full functionality whilst always being free.
- Although you cannot control the free version through the UI, you can still monitor it and confirm it's set up correctly.
- They provide the scripts required to set up the product, even for free.
- It would be nice to have at least some UI functionality in the free edition, but understand why not
- A web interface would be nice, to reduce the need for people to have to log in to servers.
- Kept costs down in terms of not needing to purchase new hardware.
- Allowed us to repurpose hardware, so we didn't waste anything.
- Allowed us to perform testing of specific scenarios without the need to impact live services.
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