We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual Tape Library and VMware vSAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."
"I've been really impressed with it so far. I think it's pretty great, actually. It does exactly what we need it to do, and it does it well, so I would recommend it. Plus, the support has been very good."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"I like the fact that we can simultaneously upload the virtual tapes to different cloud providers, and the settings can be adjusted to speed up the upload times even further."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution made our backups way more reliable."
"StarWind VTL allowed us to back up to virtual tape that was created within Veeam and upload the tape to the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of the StarWind Virtual Tape Library is the archiving to the AWS cloud."
"I have used VMware for 15 years and I never had any problems with stability."
"The ease of use is great."
"The product's initial setup phase is simple."
"The simplicity, as well as the integration with virtualization."
"The product’s most valuable features are performance and expandability."
"I like the tolerance of VMware vSAN."
"The feature we have found most valuable is the compatibility of VMware products with VCF and VMware Cloud Foundation."
"It allows us to put our infrastructure in remote locations and still get the same performance we get from our onsite SAN solutions."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"A great feature would be a wizard and to include a new disk in the SAN. At the moment, including a new disk requires several steps - some that must be done at the OS level and others in each node."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"Geolocation could be better, for example, for site mirroring for DR purposes."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"I would love to see more vendor selection to be available for the HCA/vSAN appliances."
"The solution's training process and online documentation could be more thorough."
"The main thing that I felt could be improved was having an estimated time of completion for the virtual tape uploads to the cloud."
"The initial installation can be complex and should be simplified."
"I am not sure if this is a limitation of my physical hardware or if it is the software itself. However, I would like the throughput to be faster."
"The quality of the customer service and support depends on the vSAN case. For example, if I open ten cases, maybe two or three get resolved quickly. But the other cases have a slow response."
"When we talk about improvements for vSAN, there is some way to go from a at least stability perspective. Adding all these new features is nice, but we are now at the level that most of the features you need in production are there."
"The architecture of vSAN is not good. vSAN works with objects, such as disks, and it causes problems with availability."
"We would like to see additional backup and recovery options added. In particular, integration with popular applications like databases."
"I would like compression and deduplication to be offered for offloading hardware, instead of doing it with software. That would be nice."
"In a future release, they could add micro-segmentation or security level features integrated into vSAN."
"The interface is a little complicated, it could be simplified with more graphical gadgets. We have many servers, and the built-in functions, such as rate configuration, are a bit complex."
"The pricing model is sometimes a challenge for us because their licenses are very costly."
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StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 14th in HCI with 6 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 2nd in HCI with 227 reviews. StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, HPE StoreVirtual and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray. See our StarWind Virtual Tape Library vs. VMware vSAN report.
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