2019-01-03T20:10:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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LT
Real User
2020-08-06T06:44:00Z
Aug 6, 2020

It's a one-off price. Storage Space Direct is a bundled feature of the Windows server. There are no on-going costs and of course, you can purchase the software through it and enjoy the free upgrades. There are no underlying hidden costs, etc. because it is all included in Windows.

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NT
Real User
2020-02-13T07:50:00Z
Feb 13, 2020

Cost-wise the product is one of the more affordable within the category of products.

TR
Real User
2020-01-26T09:26:00Z
Jan 26, 2020

With the data center licensing and everything that is connected to that, this solution is relatively costly.

reviewer984885 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-01-03T20:10:00Z
Jan 3, 2019

If you still use VMware as your hypervisor, you should consider Hyper-V. Since 2012 R2, it is as good as VMware, and with S2D it is much more cost effective.

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