Flexible product, easy to implement and easy to use.
December 02, 2022

Flexible product, easy to implement and easy to use.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with StarWind Virtual SAN

We are using StarWind vSAN in our Lab environment to test the full features of the product before using it in production. It is supporting our VMware vCenter system and also our Commvault and Veeam backup solutions. We use it with iscsi and smb protocols to feed our infrastructure in our Lab.

Pros

  • Flexible in storage increase
  • Ability to use it on the Cloud solution
  • Alibity to use it with most Hypervisors

Cons

  • Free versions needs to offer full feature and GUI support
  • Documentations need some improvements
  • No other improvements I'm thinking of
  • It provide ROI of 100% over time
  • Cost saving in harware implementation are great, since you could by just storage and not entire servers.
  • Different range of vendors can be use in the same environment

Do you think StarWind Virtual SAN delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with StarWind Virtual SAN's feature set?

Yes

Did StarWind Virtual SAN live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of StarWind Virtual SAN go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy StarWind Virtual SAN again?

Yes

I have been using for sometime StarWind vSAN, and the experience is great, in terms of simplicity, the features it offers, and the little time it takes to set up everything and prepare the system. It includes every feature that traditional san offers, and also many more. I'm happy that I'm working with this product

Using StarWind Virtual SAN

1 - I am the only that is using StarWind vSAN for the moment and I work as System Administrator. Right now the product is in our lab phase and still tasting the product. In the future other people from my team will use this product. In general we could be 10 people to use it.
4 - People that will support StarWind Virtual SAN in our company will be dedicated to this product since it can be the only one that will support our datacenter. The team needs to have skills to use hypervisor, san usage, and some network components. These are the main knowledge needed by our team members.
  • To support vcenter infrastructure
  • To support our Veeam infrastructure
  • To support our Commvault infrastructure
  • We added storage on the go
  • We used our available infrastruture
  • No need to buy additional storage.
  • We could integrate it in our cloud infrastructure
  • We could use it in our newest datacenter
  • We could use it in our customers infrastuture also
It gives us the ability to grow our business without additional costs on hardware. We use only upfront costs and no other costs on the go. It gives us reliability, simplicity in setting up, and freedom to use hardware from different vendors.For all this reasons, we could renew in the future.

Evaluating StarWind Virtual SAN and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
This product is packed with many features, which in general it needs to buy additional hardware, additional license, and additional human resources to build up. With this product, we were able to use our in-house hardware, and it was very simple for the great team to create the perfect environment.
We could not be happier with this product, and we could say that we could change anything if we had to do it again.

StarWind Virtual SAN Implementation

Implementation was far more than easy.
Change management was minimal - It was not needed to change anything in our management team, since the product was simple and the installation was performed by few people.
  • We did not face nay issue during implementation

StarWind Virtual SAN Training

The product was very easy to learn and training was not needed. I would advise other companies to try first if the team could implement it easily by themself.

StarWind Virtual SAN Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Knowledgeable team
Kept well informed
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
Poor followup
Problems left unsolved
Escalation required
The product we intuitive, and simple to use on daily basis, and no premium support was needed to support this product.
During the time of working with the product, was not necessary to call for exceptional support.

Using StarWind Virtual SAN

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
Difficult to use
  • Adding of devices
  • Adding of Targes
  • Adding of VLT Devices
I have been using for sometime StarWind vSAN, and the experience is great, in terms of simplicity, the features it offers, and the little time it takes to set up everything and prepare the system. I'm happy that I'm working with this product and I will use it wherever I will get the chance to use for our customers.

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