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DDN IntelliFlash vs. StarWind Storage Appliance

November 2026

StarWind Storage Appliance vs. DDN IntelliFlash

Updated: November 2026

Sample Customers

DDN Storage Fusion Architecture NVMe

PAWSEY, JCAHPC, Public Health England, Sanger Institute, The University of Queensland Australia

DDN IntelliFlash

Bank of Stockton, Barnsley College, Boyes Turner, Brigham Young University

DDN IME

ICR, MLB, Toyota Technical Development Corporation

StarWind Virtual SAN

Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

Sears Home and Franchise Business

StarWind Virtual Tape Library

Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi

StarWind Storage Appliance

Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon

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Top Industries

Construction Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Anil Rahulwar
L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini
We use IntelliFlash products for larger environments, like Qatar Airways. They have large scalability and use more...
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Anonymous User
Chief Architect at a tech services company
I am a system integrator, and my customers are using EXAScaler as the de facto parallel file system for Google Cloud....
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Anonymous User
Chief Architect at a tech services company
This is for AI training cluster. The customer is using DDN as a default de facto standard for their AI cluster.
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Jccerong Heron
System Engineer at a tech vendor
My main use case for StarWind Virtual SAN is that we use it in a virtual environment with VMware and in another...
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Kishore CA
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
We were looking for the two-node HCA. We found that VMware was also a solution, but it was a bit costlier for us. We...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
We have been using the product for backups and long-term storage. We had been using physical tape backups for many...
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Customer Service

Anil Rahulwar
L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini
The customer service and support respond within five to ten minutes whenever there's an issue.
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Anonymous User
Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support team is perfect. They are fast and competent.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a agriculture
When we first got the product, support was amazing, however, that is no longer the case. Technical support is bad....
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor
Support has been good, although we haven't needed to use it much.
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Anonymous User
IT Director at a tech vendor
For the previous box we used tech support on a couple of occasions, and we used their tech support to do the...
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Anonymous User
Chief Architect at a tech services company
I would rate customer support around eight or nine out of ten. They are specialized and provide fine support.
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Anonymous User
System Architect at a tech services company
Technical support is quite good, even though there is room for improvement.
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Anonymous User
Chief Architect at a tech services company
I'm not seeing real cases of complaints from the customer side. People are happy with the service.
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Anonymous User
Solution Architect at a comms service provider
It's excellent.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer / Projects Lead at a tech services company
I would give technical support a rating of 7/10.
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Anonymous User
Lead Systems Engineer at a retailer
Technical support is horrible. Their support is not able to handle the volume of issues. It's indirectly affecting...
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Jeremy Brenton
IT Director at Roseman University of Health Sciences
Customer support for StarWind Virtual SAN is excellent and is the number one selling point to me. I would rate the...
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Balaji Velaga
Consultant at Lenovo India
I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
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Russ Le Puill
IT Manager at St Peter's Church of England Aided School
All support is very helpful and friendly.
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NisarAhmad
Freelance Technology Writer at TechnologyAdvice
The technical support experience so far has been positive.
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Andrew Wolf
Civil Engineer at Crossroad Engineers, P C
Customer service has been excellent. Any questions we have had have been answered quickly.
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Anonymous User
Senior System Administrator at Inflexion
Customer service and support have been fantastic. The support staff is very knowledgeable.
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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
We don't use the proactive part of support a whole lot but that's really because we're a very simple setup at the...
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Daniel P.
Manager, Information Technology at a transportation company
Customer service and support is the strongest part of this company. I have zero issues with them and wish other...
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Kristopher Skully
Systems Administrator at Hospice of the Western Reserve
So far, the little that I've worked with tech support, they seem to be pretty great. We also bought a backup server...
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Anonymous User
CEO, Founder at a tech services company
StarWind support is amazing. They are helpful and respond very quickly. Support is available via teleconference, as...
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Anonymous User
New Business and New Products Manager at dualBASE
I did not need any service and support as it is really well documented.
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Anonymous User
Works
The support provided is very prompt.
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Justin Graves
IT Supervisor at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.
The technical support is A+.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at inSync Computer Solutions
We had one issue with a part failing, and we were informed by support before we even knew. The part and on-site...
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Anonymous User
Senior Technical Architect at HSData LTD
We haven't had any issues with the solution so have had no need to request service/technical support. However, our...
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Anonymous User
Information Systems Manager at a aerospace/defense firm
StarWind Proactive Support is fairly responsive. They definitely go above and beyond to address the issues, when...
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Aljoša Čolnik
IT Manager at PROTECT Infra d.o.o.
They offer great support.
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Anonymous User
Informatics Analyst III at University of Alabama at Birmingham
I found their tech support to be excellent. I had a major issue where we could have lost all of our data on the VSAN,...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator
Customer service/support is outstanding. All the guys that I have spoken with were highly professional, friendly,...
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Paul T
Network and Information Systems Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support is absolutely fantastic, always eager to help, and technical support was fast and concise.
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Robert Ivanusa
Director Of IT And Corporate Security at SLOVENSKI DRŽAVNI HOLDING, d.d.
We were really positively impressed with the support and help they offered (purchased with the product - with no...
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Anonymous User
Server Administrator at John Wood Community College
Technical support is quick to respond and proactive with our additional support.
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James Ching
Systems Analyst at The Bethany Group
They have the best support I've experienced with any vendor I've worked with up until now. We're still only 2 months...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Streeter Marshall LLP
Support is absolutely fantastic; we couldn't rate them highly enough.
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RobMooij
CTO at Bg-software
Their technical support team is excellent.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at Accel Entertainment Inc
I rate StarWind support 10 out of 10. They are fantastic. The StarWind team proactively alerts us about the latest...
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Gregory McGrady
PC Network Specialist at Watauga County
I have not had to reach out to customer support, so my experience has been positive.
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Anonymous User
Director of IT at a computer software company
Their support is very knowledgable and willing to help, they always go well beyond what is required to make sure...
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Isaiah Jesch
IT Director at Marion County R-II School
I have been very impressed with the support team. Every encounter I have had has been quickly responded to with both...
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech consulting company
In over 20 years of working in the IT industry, I have never encountered better support than I have with the team at...
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