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StarWind Storage Appliance pros and cons

Vendor: StarWind
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

StarWind Storage Appliance offers a valuable management interface.
It allows pausing and resuming for physical relocation without downtime.
Features instant failover redundancy for increased reliability.
Technical support is proactive in monitoring and flexible in scheduling.
It achieves a return on investment by saving time and money.

CONS

StarWind Storage Appliance could improve by providing integration with HP.
It needs more integration with backup vendors like Veeam and Commvault for native storage level backup/snapshots.
StarWind no longer sells HDDs for primary storage.
Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in handling caching and moving data between additional nodes.
StarWind should improve the synchronization time and have a standard operating procedure to reduce synchronization duration.
 

StarWind Storage Appliance Pros review quotes

BW
IT director at TIPTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP
Jul 25, 2018
We are able to easily back up our data and send it to an offsite location.
RM
CTO at Bg-software
Dec 5, 2019
The management interface is the most valuable feature for us.
reviewer1365102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Jun 4, 2020
Another good feature is that you can pause the appliance if you want to move it from one location to another and then once it's moved you can resume it, this way you can physically move the whole cluster or storage without any downtime. Its really easy to use, if you have a good foundation in storage and clustering then you will need less then one hour to figure out how to operate it.
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reviewer1493760 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Provectus Networks
Jan 21, 2021
Having instant failover redundancy helps me sleep easier at night.
WH
Network Services Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Jul 22, 2021
They call us when monitoring shows a possible issue and are very flexible in working with our schedule to troubleshoot when it is convenient for us.
HB
President at EXAG Multimedia
Sep 8, 2022
The integration is excellent.
Valentino Beltramelli - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist & Project Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 24, 2023
Its user-friendly interface makes it an attractive option, especially for customers who may not be highly tech-savvy.
Balaji Velaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at HCLSoftware
Oct 16, 2023
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.
Kishore CA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
Oct 30, 2023
We saw an ROI. We have saved both time and money by using it.
HB
President at EXAG Multimedia
Jul 2, 2024
StarWind Storage Appliance is simpler and more effective than using Microsoft products. We chose it because it can be easily integrated with Microsoft.
 

StarWind Storage Appliance Cons review quotes

BW
IT director at TIPTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP
Jul 25, 2018
An improvement would be if they reached out to education customers with other available products.
RM
CTO at Bg-software
Dec 5, 2019
They could improve by providing integration with HP.
reviewer1365102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Jun 4, 2020
It needs more integration with backup vendors so there is native integration with it that will allow storage level backup/snapshots. I would love to see integration with Veeam and Commvault so it can be recognized by them directly and added as network storage.
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reviewer1493760 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Provectus Networks
Jan 21, 2021
StarWind no longer sells HDDs for primary storage.
WH
Network Services Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Jul 22, 2021
They offered onsite installation, but we chose to do it ourselves. That took longer and was more work for us but saved us a ton of money in the end.
HB
President at EXAG Multimedia
Sep 8, 2022
The dashboard features are not in the free version.
Valentino Beltramelli - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist & Project Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 24, 2023
Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in terms of handling caching and moving data between additional nodes.
Balaji Velaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at HCLSoftware
Oct 16, 2023
With StarWind Storage Appliance, it would be better to have an overall easier setup with a little bit of configuration changes since, currently, even a small mistake may cause the setup process to go wrong.
Kishore CA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
Oct 30, 2023
StarWind should improve the synchronization time of its product. There should be a standard operating procedure (SOP) for synchronization to reduce the time it takes.
HB
President at EXAG Multimedia
Jul 2, 2024
StarWind Storage Appliance's demo version should be similar to the paid one.