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StarWind Virtual SAN - A Cost-Effective Solution for SOHO/Branch Offices
December 08, 2022

StarWind Virtual SAN - A Cost-Effective Solution for SOHO/Branch Offices

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

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN

My primary use case was for a SOHO deploy. We were thinking for the Branch offices to have a software-defined storage, for needs, performance, and costs, and StarWind Vsan was incredibly cost-effective with the best feature ever, not witness needed for small deploys, so the money we spent in licenses and deploy was less than purchasing another host, licenses for it, and also a storage solution to fix the issue, or rely on remote witnesses over the internet, Mpls or any other kind of communications, not fully local and independent.
  • SYNC
  • easy to deploy
  • easy to manage
  • better video resources
  • marketing, it does it sounds around the it world
  • cost savings compare to competitors
  • using same technology as we did (HW) so no extra changes needed for it
I didn't have to use it, sincerely, but I had heard that they are very helpful and supportive with all their customers, they know the importance of what you are running inside the appliances, so they always try their best to help you. The only thing was that support was available in English.
These products are awesome, but not cost-effective for me. VMware vSAN integrates like a glove if you are running fully VMware environment, not other hypervisors. ONTAP Select is awesome, like a real cabinet, but licensing is a bit complex, and expensive. in both cases in a two nodes deployment, a witness is needed.

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy StarWind Virtual SAN again?

Yes

VMware ESXi, Veeam Backup & Replication, ControlUp
Based on my personal opinion and point of view: SOHO / Branch Offices, the best place also sites with poor or unstable communications lines, for the Async comm mode I would be less appropriate, for virtual machines or servers with too much storage needed, I would recommend then dedicated storage for stability and performance.

Using StarWind Virtual SAN

1 - In this particular case, IT Administrator
1 - Same IT Administrator
  • Virtualization Storage
  • HA
  • Software defined
  • None
  • branch offices
  • backup sites
Most cost effective product from my perspective. Useful and easy to manage for us.

Evaluating StarWind Virtual SAN and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
I would go directly with Starwind, with HW and SW all in one package.