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Sample Customers

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

Popular Solutions

Kaminario K2 [EOL]

0 reviews

StarWind Virtual SAN

41 reviews

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

1 reviews

StarWind Storage Appliance

4 reviews

Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

Anonymous User
Director of Engineering at Telefonica
production real time environments in 3 data centers Miami, London and Frankfurt About 4500 virtual machines
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WJHG
Soporte IT at Sildan Security
First, I need to explain what motivated me to use VSAN. Some time ago, I developed a work environment with KVM...
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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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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
I'm a value-added reseller for Microsoft. I do some other stuff on these HCAs too, but that's the easiest way to...
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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

Anonymous User
Security Big Data Analysis Team at a government
I would rate technical support with an 8 out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Director Of Information Technology at a healthcare company
I would rate technical support as 3/5.
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Anonymous User
System Engineer - R&D at a tech services company
Technical support is very good. We had quick response for anything we needed.
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V.J.
Storage Administrator at a tech services company
Customer Service: Good Customer Service. Technical Support: Good Technical Support.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager Of Infrastructure Services at a healthcare company
Support has been great. While I have never had to personally call, I've had my administrators call. Every time we...
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer in the Storage & Systems Practice at a tech services company
Have not had any components fail yet. Customer service emails me when they have new firmware and they upgrade it for me.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a computer software company
Technical support is absolutely great. We ran into an issue due to some improper network configuration on our side...
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Anonymous User
Director of Engineering at Telefonica
Customer Service: Very high - boutique level with great personal responses and very quick solutions. Technical...
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Anonymous User
Vice President / Chief Information Officer at a healthcare company
I rate technical support 3/5. There have been some inconsistencies.
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Anonymous User
Senior DevOps Engineer at a computer software company
Support's amazing. When it came time for the flash upgrade, our rep contacted us, and put us in touch with their...
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IT-3922
IT and Facilities Lead at a computer software company
We have not had cause to engage with their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a comms service provider
It has the best technical support because technical support is very important for this country because their...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager,DBA at a manufacturing company
The technical support from Kaminario during two recoveries from power outages has also been outstanding. In both...
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Anonymous User
Senior Account Executive at Nordisk systems
I personally have not used technical support. I have many customers who have used them, and who have had great...
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a computer software company
The couple of technical support calls we've made, they've been proactive, very good about that; so that's been good....
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Igor Beck
IT-Administrator at Milchwerk Jäger GmbH
We always used customer support on any new HCA setup. They do checkups and look over the configuration to make sure...
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KellyVon Der Heyden
Sales Director at CLOUD READY SOLUTIONS
The solution's technical support is good.
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Spencer Lines
Information Systems Manager at HALL'S CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Their customer service and support have been world-class. There is no other company I've ever worked with that had...
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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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Balaji Velaga
Consultant at HCLSoftware
I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
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Aljoša Čolnik
IT Manager at PROTECT Infra d.o.o.
They offer great support.
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Andre C A Griffith MSc MBCS MCTS MCP ITIL
Works at a insurance company
Support for this solution is excellent.
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ChrisKlose
IT Manager at a transportation company
I would commend the support. They have very knowledgeable people. If they don't have the answer, they quickly access...
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AntonChernomazov
SAO Dept. Head at LLC BIT
Support wants to solve your issue, and they are successful at it. Complex issues are escalated to the next support...
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Ho-Ching Yung
IT Director/Senior Software Developer at Hillis-Carnes Engineering
Tech support has been quick, has a very quick response, and they also provocatively monitor the appliance's status.
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Ryan Kimbrel
Chief Information Officer at Scott County Hospital, Scott City, KS
Amazing! They've gone above and beyond with helping us when we had hardware issues last year and again this year when...
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Anonymous User
CIO at Sheremetevo Security
The experience of work with clients/technical support is very positive. Everything is fast and available.
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Kyle Buxton
Manager, Field Support at a outsourcing company
The technical support team has been very involved and supportive. They have been great at demoing what they can do...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
It was great working with technical support. They took the time to address everything I needed to know.
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Anonymous User
Works at a tech services company
No issues. They solved our problems, validated our configurations and roadmap, and suggested improvements.
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at Daifuku America
The technical support is amazing. Five stars. They are quick to respond and are able to handle issues very quickly...
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Anonymous User
Network And Systems Administrator at a financial services firm
The few times I reached out to technical support, my issues were solved in minuets, not hours.
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Anonymous User
IT at SOMIAC
Technical support works very responsibly when we have questions. They connected remotely to our servers, performed an...
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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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Anonymous User
CIO at a renewables & environment company
Service from initial questions and review, to demo, to purchase, and post-purchase support has been great.
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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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MichaelBerman
Network Administrator at Armitage Technology Group Inc.
Technical support is Exceptional. They have very helpful and prompt responses.
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer & Cloud Specialist at myCRECloud | Cloud Application Hosting
Customer service goes above and beyond to help you. I've never dealt with a more capable team in my years of doing IT.
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Anonymous User
Director of IT at Kelly Aerospace, Inc.
I have nothing bad to say. They are very quick to respond and with the proactive support, they generally know of...
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Anonymous User
I.T. Director at MBI
The few times I've ever engaged with technical support were for upgrades, and it was always pretty painless, with the...
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastructure Manager at TPRG
Every time I have called, I have gotten the person I need along with an answer to my questions.
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Christopher Vlach
Operations Manager at The Lipman Company, Inc.
In eight years we have never needed support for an issue with the software. I have called a handful of times to have...
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HuckyBridge
President at EXAG Multimedia
I don't use the solution's technical support. They have good videos.
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Anonymous User
Senior IT Support Specialist at Seneca Family of Agencies
Customer service has been kind and professional and on top of their game. We're notified very quickly if they notice...
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Anonymous User
System Admin | Network Engineer | Project Lead at R.K. Black, Inc
Support is prompt and usually, they can meet via Zoom in just a few minutes from the creation of a support...
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