We performed a comparison between StarWind HyperConverged Appliance and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Servers came pre-configured for our environment and as soon as they were in the rack, Starwind got them up and running."
"Overall, the solution has improved our system's performance. I was concerned about the physical-to-virtual conversion of our database server. It's actually much faster now, as a virtualized host on this Hyper-V cluster."
"The customer service has been the most valuable feature of the product to me."
"Being able to upgrade machines and software during business operations just by switching nodes has been a huge improvement. We"
"We opted for 24-hour monitoring and support, which has already paid for itself."
"The solution has easily deployed instances for multiple fast-paced projects."
"The initial setup seems to be very straightforward."
"I do like that I can manage StarWind with a console running on my local desktop."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"A possible thing is perhaps a customer portal to schedule a time with support online via a calendar."
"This product is not one hundred percent enterprise-ready, so it is more suitable for SMB."
"That situation, where Dell EMC servers were going down, has been my only real difficulty... it ended up being something that the wider audience of Dell EMC was actually aware of as an issue. Neither the StarWind technicians nor the Dell EMC technicians were able to actually identify that problem sooner than a week or so... The communication between Dell EMC support and StarWind support, in that particular scenario, left something to be desired, for me. I did express those concerns to StarWind and they were very responsive to that."
"It would be nice to have some kind of GUI interface implemented to give you an overall view of the system's health at a glance."
"I think some performance metrics would be nice to see, especially on the storage side."
"The response time is usually several hours after the issue occurred."
"One area for improvement of the solution is that I had to get Windows, which I really didn't want because of the extra maintenance or overhead, as well as viruses, etc. It's going to take time for them to get their Linux to that point. They already have Linux but it's not as mature and they don't really support it on HCAs. They have it for individuals who want to use it on their servers, but not on HCAs."
"Multi cluster support for their Command Console would be very beneficial. Currently, you can only work with a single cluster at a time. The console is new so I expect much growth in this area in the near future. The other area that could be improved is the tech support locale."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"The Command Center, a free guest VM for management and monitoring, leaves something to be desired. It could have more accurate real-time information and better reporting visuals, which seem to be an afterthought."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"We would like to see the documentation more fully developed."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
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StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 5th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 65 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good remote management and a simple GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, VxRail and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and DataCore SANsymphony. See our StarWind HyperConverged Appliance vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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