2018-07-11T17:07:00Z

What do you like most about StarWind Virtual SAN?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about StarWind Virtual SAN?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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A Mizuno - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at The Children's Foundation
User
Top 20
2023-08-24T21:12:00Z
Aug 24, 2023

We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment.

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Real User
Top 20
2023-08-21T22:25:00Z
Aug 21, 2023

One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance.

Seth Weber - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Systems Administrator at Clarion Forest VNA
User
Top 20
2023-08-10T15:30:00Z
Aug 10, 2023

It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly.

SB
Global IS Admin at Benshaw, Inc.
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-10T03:46:00Z
Aug 10, 2023

We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running.

reviewer295625 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Information Technology at a non-profit with 11-50 employees
User
Top 20
2023-08-09T15:29:00Z
Aug 9, 2023

The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions.

Tayre José Rivas Salas - PeerSpot reviewer
TI support analyst at Invermedia
Real User
Top 10
2023-08-08T13:48:00Z
Aug 8, 2023

I save both physical and virtual space.

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AL
Owner at Integral IT Services
User
Top 20
2023-08-02T21:46:00Z
Aug 2, 2023

For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job.

SS
Area Sales Manager at ABPL
User
Top 20
2023-07-05T07:02:00Z
Jul 5, 2023

The performance of the solution is accurate and concise.

zeeshan ahmed9211 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager SOC at Askari
User
Top 10
2023-05-22T09:57:00Z
May 22, 2023

The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy.

KH
Senior Network Engineer at Accel Entertainment Inc
User
Top 20
2023-04-20T20:21:00Z
Apr 20, 2023

I like StarWind's high availability. The failover is almost immediate, so the end users have no idea the guest VM moved at all. We can failover all guest VMs onto a single hypervisor, place it into maintenance mode, install updates, and reboot a hypervisor all during the daytime and remotely, with confidence the process will be successful.

RT
System Admin | Network Engineer | Project Lead at R.K. Black, Inc
MSP
Top 20
2023-03-28T23:05:00Z
Mar 28, 2023

The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great.

MA
Senior Cyber Security Pre-sales/Solution architect/ SOC Consultant at Hilal Computers
User
2023-03-27T08:20:00Z
Mar 27, 2023

StarWind Virtual SAN can improve an organization's storage infrastructure by providing high availability, scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and ease of use.

AR
Partner at Arbeit
User
Top 20
2023-03-07T18:25:00Z
Mar 7, 2023

StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before.

reviewer2120202 - PeerSpot reviewer
User at Hilal Computers
User
2023-03-06T16:41:00Z
Mar 6, 2023

Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage.

NisarAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Technology Writer at TechnologyAdvice
Real User
Top 10
2023-02-12T08:39:00Z
Feb 12, 2023

StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability and data resilience features to prevent data loss if hardware fails.

DJ
System Administrator at Keller Digital
User
2023-01-10T12:38:00Z
Jan 10, 2023

StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases.

JJ
Solutions Architect at ITsavvy
MSP
Top 20
2022-12-15T19:56:00Z
Dec 15, 2022

The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems.

Jacob Egan - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at White Oak Management
Real User
Top 10
2022-11-21T21:50:00Z
Nov 21, 2022

Having the ability to migrate machines live in our environment was made possible by this software.

SN
Principal of ICT Infrastructure and Services at Northgate High School
User
Top 20
2022-11-21T10:09:00Z
Nov 21, 2022

The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase.

EH
NOC Operator at SEDOC
User
Top 20
2022-11-18T20:39:00Z
Nov 18, 2022

It includes every feature that a traditional SAN offers and so much more.

Kevin Kastberg - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Consultant at Brightkast
User
Top 20
2022-11-17T09:42:00Z
Nov 17, 2022

We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage.

SF
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
User
Top 20
2022-11-03T06:26:00Z
Nov 3, 2022

StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer.

GD
Virtualized Solutions Engineer at Quanti solutions
User
Top 20
2022-10-27T17:05:00Z
Oct 27, 2022

The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly.

TF
Sr. IT Systems Engineer at Weidner Property Management LLC
Real User
Top 10
2022-10-09T05:45:00Z
Oct 9, 2022

I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch.

SH
Automation Engineer at Wunderlich-Malec Engineering
User
Top 20
2022-10-05T00:36:00Z
Oct 5, 2022

The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem.

AS
Chief Technology Officer at American Data Technology, Inc.
User
Top 20
2022-09-30T15:02:00Z
Sep 30, 2022

The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well.

DE
Director of IT at Kelly Aerospace, Inc.
User
Top 10
2022-08-29T19:16:00Z
Aug 29, 2022

The price was right.

TO
Manager, Network at Burnham Holdings Inc
User
Top 20
2022-08-24T14:12:00Z
Aug 24, 2022

The ROI is great on this product.

RE
IT Infrastructure Manager at Highbridge Caravan Centre
User
Top 20
2022-08-11T22:47:00Z
Aug 11, 2022

StarWind SANs come with outstanding support.

LW
Technical Helpdesk Manager at PurpleJelly Ltd
User
Top 20
2022-06-30T08:31:00Z
Jun 30, 2022

It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable.

User
Top 20
2022-06-10T08:57:00Z
Jun 10, 2022

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.

MIT - PeerSpot reviewer
IT System Administrator at Ludwig Meyer GmbH & Co. KG
User
Top 10
2022-06-09T14:09:00Z
Jun 9, 2022

The install itself is easy as pie.

BH
Director Of Information Technology at Cass County Government
User
Top 10
2022-06-09T01:38:00Z
Jun 9, 2022

Starwind made it easy to deploy fully redundant, highly available storage at a low cost.

Adam Charlton - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Slimming World
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-06T20:20:00Z
Jun 6, 2022

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.

Luca Bertellini - PeerSpot reviewer
Cardio Solution Architect EMEA at General Electric
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-14T07:29:00Z
Apr 14, 2022

The license price is one of the cheapest in the market.

BW
Director Of Technical Services at D-J Engineering Group Inc.
User
Top 20
2022-03-30T03:20:00Z
Mar 30, 2022

Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn.

NG
Field Engineering Lead at Superior Support Resources, Inc.
User
Top 20
2022-03-28T18:43:00Z
Mar 28, 2022

The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across.

JG
IT Supervisor at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.
Real User
Top 10
2022-03-28T14:32:00Z
Mar 28, 2022

They offer top-tier support.

JT
Lead Network Engineer at consulting group
User
Top 20
2021-12-21T18:06:00Z
Dec 21, 2021

Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports.

GF
Chief Technology Expert at Rapid Response Networks
User
Top 20
2021-11-24T19:11:00Z
Nov 24, 2021

The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget.

PL
Senior Technical Architect at HSData LTD
User
2021-09-10T10:04:00Z
Sep 10, 2021

The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment.

DM
Tech Support Manager at National Health Fund
User
2021-07-20T18:42:00Z
Jul 20, 2021

vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy.

Real User
2021-06-29T13:25:00Z
Jun 29, 2021

It is extremely stable.

GP
CEO at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Real User
2021-06-15T16:54:00Z
Jun 15, 2021

The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks.

FS
Company Owner at a insurance company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2021-05-28T14:00:00Z
May 28, 2021

VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage.

IJ
IT Director at Marion County R-II School
Real User
2021-05-25T15:57:00Z
May 25, 2021

This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before.

2021-04-20T13:30:00Z
Apr 20, 2021

StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware.

DH
Web Services and Systems Development at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-04-14T16:03:00Z
Apr 14, 2021

The vSAN provides full redundancy for storage while reclaiming some rack space.

MC
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
User
2021-03-31T07:41:00Z
Mar 31, 2021

The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers.

BF
Security and Systems Engineer at New Creation Consulting
Real User
Top 20
2021-03-26T17:45:00Z
Mar 26, 2021

In the three years that we have been using StarWind, the product has yet to cause us any problems.

FF
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2021-03-16T19:30:32Z
Mar 16, 2021

It's quite easy to install.

reviewer1495242 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at Daifuku America
Real User
2021-01-25T22:21:00Z
Jan 25, 2021

A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic.

reviewer1493754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Informatics Analyst III at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Real User
2021-01-22T16:20:00Z
Jan 22, 2021

The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well.

MP
Engineer at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Real User
2021-01-20T14:19:00Z
Jan 20, 2021

The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure.

GG
IT Department Manager/Senior IT Administrator at Synergium Sweden AB
Real User
2021-01-20T09:51:00Z
Jan 20, 2021

Quick setup, great support, stability is great

reviewer1465917 - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate Technology Manager at MTE LOGISTIX INC.
Real User
2020-12-03T23:00:00Z
Dec 3, 2020

The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing.

reviewer1423983 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at WARREN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
Real User
2020-10-16T16:07:00Z
Oct 16, 2020

Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us.

T.
Technology Solutions, Support & Training at UNISONMEDIA Group, Inc.
Real User
2020-10-06T18:20:00Z
Oct 6, 2020

Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working.

RG
Network Specialist at Nexans aeA
Real User
2020-07-31T13:07:00Z
Jul 31, 2020

PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts.

JG
IT Supervisor at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.
Real User
Top 10
2020-07-27T14:42:00Z
Jul 27, 2020

Highly available storage is the most valuable feature. The entire rollout is hyper-converged and requires no extra storage further than the hosts in which Hyper-V is running. Another feature that has been great is the support from StarWind in general. We have their proactive support package on the main cluster that employs Starwind Virtual SAN.

DB
System Engineer & IT Manager at General Computer Italia
Real User
2020-07-10T14:20:00Z
Jul 10, 2020

The ability to run the software virtually on every virtualization platform and the ability to eliminate all storage vendor locking are the most valuable features.

reviewer1378515 - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at Sheremetevo Security
Real User
2020-07-05T08:02:00Z
Jul 5, 2020

Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair.

Mart Vernik - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Archive System Administrator at Rahvusarhiiv
Real User
2020-06-28T08:57:00Z
Jun 28, 2020

StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere is a software-defined storage solution that has reduced administration time for storage. It's pretty straightforward to install and setup it and so far it has been robust and worked as advertised from StarWind.

reviewer1351425 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO - Partner at SabreTech Consulting LLC
Real User
2020-05-14T18:35:00Z
May 14, 2020

The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete.

Andrey Naumov - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Craft Group
Real User
2020-04-19T14:43:00Z
Apr 19, 2020

It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization.

NA
Head of Information Technology at Baker Tilly BVI & Baker Tilly Cayman
Real User
2020-02-28T02:46:00Z
Feb 28, 2020

The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business.

reviewer1296921 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company
Real User
2020-02-25T16:02:00Z
Feb 25, 2020

It has given the company an almost zero possibility of downtime.

AA
Head of Software Development Department at Everest
Real User
2020-01-29T14:36:00Z
Jan 29, 2020

StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios.

АС
Deputy Director at a government with 11-50 employees
Real User
2019-12-20T06:36:00Z
Dec 20, 2019

When using new (warranty) servers, you can forget about the storage service for several years. The users will not even notice the failure of two servers out of three.

reviewer1253883 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at OSAS
Vendor
2019-12-20T00:57:00Z
Dec 20, 2019

We have experienced multiple hardware failures at one site and the fault-tolerant volume worked exactly as expected with zero downtime.

reviewer1244424 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Systems and Security at a wellness & fitness company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2019-12-04T18:12:00Z
Dec 4, 2019

It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget.

AY
Computer Engineer at Savronik Electronic
Real User
2019-11-29T07:45:00Z
Nov 29, 2019

The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team.

reviewer1238652 - PeerSpot reviewer
User at a tech services company
Real User
2019-11-25T22:42:00Z
Nov 25, 2019

Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs.

AA
Director of Technical Sales at SSTL Group
Real User
2019-11-11T09:46:00Z
Nov 11, 2019

A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations.

NC
Technical Department Manager at ACS SA
Real User
2019-10-25T16:58:00Z
Oct 25, 2019

High Availability is the best feature of product.

AM
User at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-10-07T12:43:00Z
Oct 7, 2019

It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one.

it_user1194465 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT at SOMIAC
Real User
2019-09-24T14:00:00Z
Sep 24, 2019

In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support.

Real User
2019-09-10T15:57:00Z
Sep 10, 2019

The most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync.

reviewer1157808 - PeerSpot reviewer
User at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Real User
2019-07-30T21:04:00Z
Jul 30, 2019

We can lose a site or even two of our three, and we would lose no data and have no outage.

it_user1146222 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Tech/ Network Admin at Society of St James
Real User
2019-07-16T15:44:00Z
Jul 16, 2019

The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster.

reviewer1145355 - PeerSpot reviewer
User with 201-500 employees
Real User
2019-07-15T16:02:00Z
Jul 15, 2019

When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed.

AC
SAO Dept. Head at LLC BIT
Real User
2019-07-11T19:58:00Z
Jul 11, 2019

Active-active work mode leads to true redundancy of storage and allows us to distribute the load between multiple nodes.

BB
User at GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Real User
2019-06-22T01:26:00Z
Jun 22, 2019

The most valuable feature is the fact that the nodes are Active/Active, and allow us to do upgrades on any node without any downtime.

NZ
IT manager at Vertical
Real User
2019-06-10T14:05:00Z
Jun 10, 2019

It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!

reviewer1100463 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-05-22T18:05:00Z
May 22, 2019

StarWind allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget.

RI
Director of IT and Corporate Security at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-05-06T07:56:00Z
May 6, 2019

This solution has a very good user interface, with simple administration/management.

reviewer1073631 - PeerSpot reviewer
User at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-04-24T10:26:00Z
Apr 24, 2019

The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure.

НФ
User at Cloud4y.ru #1 корпоративный облачный провайдер
Real User
2019-04-18T08:45:00Z
Apr 18, 2019

The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system.

Real User
2019-04-17T13:53:00Z
Apr 17, 2019

StarWind Virtual SAN is a very easy-to-use solution that can be quickly and easily deployed and configured without intimate and specific knowledge in the virtualization sphere.

AK
Head of Local Area Network Department at JSC Ufanet
Real User
2019-04-16T17:19:00Z
Apr 16, 2019

This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations.

Real User
2019-04-16T04:59:00Z
Apr 16, 2019

Before VSAN, hypervisor configuration changes and updates resulted in VM outages. Now, downtime is dramatically reduced.

TT
Regional IT Manager at SABIS
Real User
2019-04-14T11:29:00Z
Apr 14, 2019

User friendly interface and straight forward implementation.

KL
Specialist in the center of security at PERN S.A.
Real User
2019-03-18T07:20:00Z
Mar 18, 2019

The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use.

MH
IT Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-02-12T10:09:00Z
Feb 12, 2019

We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown.

DG
Information Systems Manager at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-01-31T08:49:00Z
Jan 31, 2019

One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us.

BS
Network Administrator at MUM Industries
Real User
2019-01-24T13:13:00Z
Jan 24, 2019

The control panel is nice. It gives you a lot of good feedback as to the status and health of the VSAN.

AH
IT Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-01-24T09:35:00Z
Jan 24, 2019

I like the asynchronous replication and failover features. They are what I'm primarily using it for. The asynchronous replication is helpful because our servers are backed up continuously throughout the day. If anything goes wrong we just fail over immediately. That is a very nice feature to have.

RO
Deputy Director of Technology and Communications at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-01-23T11:26:00Z
Jan 23, 2019

The ProActive support gives me peace of mind because I am a one man shop, but with the technical support behind me, I feel like more than just one person. We spent two to three hours, depending on what we have to do, always on the phone, and they do not push to end the call.

MH
Owner at Split Digital LLC
Real User
2019-01-23T11:26:00Z
Jan 23, 2019

It has reduced our overall maintenance and overhead by having to only maintain physical boxes for one cluster instead of having to manage physical boxes for two clusters.

AL
CEO at Simplify Technology
User
2018-09-12T16:27:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software.

JL
System Administrator at a renewables & environment company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2018-08-27T18:34:00Z
Aug 27, 2018

The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent.

LeonKan - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtual Cloud Admin at IST
User
2018-08-15T12:43:00Z
Aug 15, 2018

You can build cheap, reliable, replicated virtual machines clusters using simple servers with an all flash disk or SAS\SATA hybrid tiered by performance storage.

DW
Adjunct Professor at Lone Star College
Real User
2018-08-06T15:50:00Z
Aug 6, 2018

The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure.

it_user910362 - PeerSpot reviewer
User at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees
User
2018-07-31T16:06:00Z
Jul 31, 2018

Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy.

2018-07-17T14:59:00Z
Jul 17, 2018

The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable.

TXITGUY9000 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a construction company with 51-200 employees
User
2018-07-12T12:59:00Z
Jul 12, 2018

Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features.

1981DMC - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Sys Admin at Garland Power & Light
User
2018-07-11T19:35:00Z
Jul 11, 2018

The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup.

JM
Director of Technology at FAFCO, INC.
User
2018-07-11T17:07:00Z
Jul 11, 2018

Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest.

Related Questions
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
Aug 24, 2023
Hi, We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information. Please share what you can so you can help your peers.
2 out of 82 answers
JM
Director of Technology at FAFCO, INC.
Jul 11, 2018
Make sure that you understand what all of the pieces do and don't make the assumption that you can drop support once setup is complete.
Jul 17, 2018
As a nonprofit with a limited budget, we are very satisfied with the licensing model provided by StarWind. The initial setup was quick and mostly effortless. Additionally, the support has been superb on the few occasions we've had to reach out to them.
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Community Director at PeerSpot
Aug 24, 2023
Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with StarWind Virtual SAN. What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?
2 out of 114 answers
JM
Director of Technology at FAFCO, INC.
Jul 11, 2018
Very few aspects of this solution need improvement. Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date, and it is always good to check with support to make sure that whatever you are looking at is current. The good news here is that this is very easy to accomplish. If we stay with the Virtual SAN instead of the managed appliances it would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows, which can be a bit confusing at first.
1981DMC - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Sys Admin at Garland Power & Light
Jul 11, 2018
It is difficult to control all of the hardware components. I went through a couple of different NICs before I found the one that would work with my hardware and server OS, and yield the necessary throughput for the StarWind portion.
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