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We performed a comparison between StarWind Storage Appliance and StoneFly VSO NAS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "It costs about 50,000 euros."
  • "StarWind by far provides the best bang for the buck."
  • "On the homepage, you can not see the pricing."
  • "The cost is determined by various factors, including the amount of terabyte storage you require, the number of nodes you want to purchase, and the duration of your maintenance agreement"
  • "With StarWind Storage Appliance, the payments made towards the licensing part of the product are on a per-node basis, making it cost-effective for us to use the solution in our company."
  • "We found that the price of StarWind was very good compared to VMware or Nutanix."
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    Top Answer:I would say data protection and easy management are the most valuable features of the product...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
    Top Answer:With StarWind Storage Appliance, the payments made towards the licensing part of the product are on a per-node basis, making it cost-effective for us to use the solution in our company. StarWind… more »
    Top Answer:From an improvement perspective, I can't comment much about StarWind Storage Appliance since we use only two to three nodes in our company, with which I am currently happy. If I use the product at an… more »
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    VSO NAS
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    Overview

    For SMB and Enterprises who are looking for high performance primary storage for server virtualization, VDI, database and Big Data scenarios, or inexpensive secondary backup tier, our solution is StarWind Storage Appliance. It unifies commodity servers, disks and flash, and associated software into an easily scalable storage platform.

    Additionally, the appliance features an optional gateway to Azure public cloud, which helps to implement an effective Disaster Recovery plan or meet regulatory requirements. StarWind SA scales up by adding individual disks and flash modules, or JBODs, while adding ready controller nodes allows scaling out. 

    StarWind SA targets those, who need high-performance primary storage or secondary storage for backup. In case there is a whole virtualization infrastructure to build from scratch, StarWind HCA will come in handy. Otherwise, if all the required hardware is present, StarWind Virtual SAN will be enough to build a high-performance virtualization setup. 

    The StoneFly Value Scale Out (VSO™) NAS appliance is a value-tier Network Attached Storage (NAS) purpose-built for Small to Medium-size Businesses (SMBs) / Small to Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs)

    Sample Customers
    Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon
    Kiawah Island, Boenker Group of companies, Peoples bank of Alabama, Zones, SAE
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University7%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    StarWind Storage Appliance is ranked 10th in NAS with 9 reviews while StoneFly VSO NAS is ranked 19th in NAS. StarWind Storage Appliance is rated 9.2, while StoneFly VSO NAS is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of StarWind Storage Appliance writes "Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes". On the other hand, StarWind Storage Appliance is most compared with FreeNAS, StorMagic SvSAN and VMware vSAN, whereas StoneFly VSO NAS is most compared with .

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