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Starwind was a breeze to setup and maintain. Working with their procurement team was a pleasure as well. Their support technicians are very thorough in both helping solve issues, and validating hardware configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Support is very good, however our initial contact was somewhat difficult to understand. Some of the articles on their website could use updating, as there were some inconsisitencies in what I read vs. what support told me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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When we decided to move to a hyperconverged setup, VMware vSAN was the obvious first choice, but once we dug into the licensing and overall costs, it just didn’t make sense. That’s when we started looking at alternatives and landed on StarWind VSAN—easily one of the best decisions we’ve made.
We set up a 3-node cluster, and it’s been rock solid. No weird failures, no performance dips—just stable and reliable storage that does exactly what we need. What really stood out was the cost savings compared to VMware vSAN. Licensing alone was a huge relief, but on top of that, StarWind’s simplicity meant less time spent managing and troubleshooting, which saved us even more in the long run.
Support has been another big win. They’re quick, professional, and actually know what they’re doing. No scripted responses, no useless back-and-forth—just real solutions when you need them.
Right now, everything is running smoothly, and we’re already looking at expanding. If you’re on the fence about VMware vSAN and want a flexible, cost-effective alternative that just works, StarWind VSAN is absolutely worth considering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Small installation hiccups which were resolved quickly by their support. The fact that the software is ported from Windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
StarWind vSAN has provided our organization with a more reliable, scalable, and cost-effective storage solution that not only meets our current needs but also positions us for future growth.
It has improved performance, reduced complexity, and ensured the high availability of our critical workloads, ultimately contributing to the overall efficiency and agility of our IT operations.
A very big bonus is that the solution is not tied to specific hardware, therefore it offers a lot of flexibility in the long run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One key area is the PowerShell documentation, which could be much more detailed. Currently, it’s somewhat lacking, particularly when it comes to advanced configurations or troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Starwind Virtual SAN is a very cost-effective solution especially in terms of licensing, while it will also boost the database performance by providing a high-speed data transfer rate. it can easily scale as per need and while running it in the cluster you have the assurance of 100% uptime. when we used it with SSD the data transfer speed was very impressive and latency for our user application was very low which was very beneficial for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There were some issues during installation but they were not major issues you can resolve them by contacting support and they will immediately resolve your issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We used trial and licensed verions both, before purchasing it we use the trial version and we found solution is very reliable and stable and with its server deployment structure it is very easy to manage the solution as per your needs.
In the paid version, there is a good option as it offers server-based licenses which are very cost-effective, on top of that we achieve high-speed performance results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In the trial version there is a limitation of all features along with that there is no detail documentation available for the deployment of the trial version so if you want to use and get hands-on experience on a trial version before using the live environment than you might face difficulties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The software is very reliable and especially when we run and use it in a cluster of 2 nodes, the sync speed of data is very fast almost in real-time so there is no heartbeat issue we faced. In case of any failure you have a complete real-time backup of the solution and the data transfer speed is very high so you can easily manage large databases without any issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The free version of the solution has very limited features. Also, there Is no detailed documentation available so if anyone wants to explore the solution before acquiring the product then it is difficult to learn everything about the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
La característica que he encontrado más valiosa en VSAN es su capacidad de alta disponibilidad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Si bien la herramienta funciona bien en su configuración actual, sería muy beneficioso permitir una mayor facilidad y flexibilidad para agregar nuevos nodos al clúster sin complicaciones, especialmente en entornos en crecimiento. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The product interface is user-friendly and it is easy to manage most importantly database replication is very fast which will provide stability to our applications. it is easy to manage daily operations on the interface and in case of connectivity issues troubleshooting is very easy and can resolve issues easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In HA deployment it is complex and it is not very easy. it will take time to make sure that your HA deployment is up and smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We run StarWind in our HC Cluster.
- We like the reliablility of the software.
- In a cluster of 2 nodes, never a sync issue, stable heartbeat
- Fast sync syncronizes data after a node reboot, no need for full sync
- Full utilization of interfaces, in our case 2x 25GBit Fiber connection, which results in 750MB/s Fileserver VM Performance
- Fantastic forum and mail support, even without support license Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Setup with a free-license StarWind Management Console goes via PowerShell Templates but the documentation online is mainly with the licensed version. This was not like that before so StarWind changed the licensing options, which means the free version is basically only for monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
VSAN is very scalable, starting with one node and about as little storage as you want. Scaling up and out can be done from the start, or later on, which gives VSAN a huge amount of flexibility for use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Documentation is lacking for the scripted install and configuration. If you're using the scripts to configure and install, be prepared for a lot of digging, forum searching, forum posting, and trial and error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
