Item: StarWind Virtual SAN
Rating: 9
Author: Kevin Kastberg

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use VSAN as a SAN to supply storage for VMs in HyperV over fiber channel. The storage cluster consists of JBOD chassis with FC disks which are connected to the VSAN server which in turn supplies disks for HyperV over FC.

Pros and Cons

Integration with HyperV
Works with FC
Seamless after setup

Currently setup is done with Powershell cmds

Return on Investment

Usage of on-prem storage instead of cloudstorage
Disk failure safety to prevent dataloss

Support Rating

StarWind has offered its support at every step we took.

Key Insights

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

Likelihood to Recommend

VSAN seems to in my opinion be suitable and good for any storage system where SDS is preferred.

Good SAN for JBOD chassis and HyperV integration

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN