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StarWind, Inc.

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StarWind Virtual SAN

199 reviews

StarWind Virtual SAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. It reduces virtualization expenses (both capital and operational) by utilizing hardware resources for the same workload.

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StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

69 reviews

StarWind HCA is a 100% software-defined hyperconverged platform built with Dell® OEM or StarWind-branded server platform. HCA ProActive Premium Support monitors the cluster 24/7, predicts failures and reacts to them before things go South.

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StarWind Virtual Tape Library

8 reviews

StarWind Virtual Tape Library helps businesses to eliminate their costly tape backup processes while meeting regulatory data archival and retention requirements using on-premises Virtual Tape Libraries with cloud and object storage tier.

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StarWind SAN & NAS

2 reviews

StarWind SAN & NAS is a fully HCL-certified software-defined shared storage for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. The solution also enables you to repurpose your servers into certified backup targets if you’re using Veeam. StarWind SAN & NAS, as a Linux-based VM, leverages all the features of ZFS to ensure optimal storage use, data safety and integrity. All of your favorite tools and toys unified into a single, lightweight, intuitive, and innovative SDS solution.

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StarWind Backup Appliance

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For organizations looking to free themselves from the concepts of RTO and RPO and achieve near-instantaneous backup and recovery, StarWind introduces Backup Appliance. By utilizing the speed of an NVMe storage backend, StarWind shrinks the backups window to fit any schedule without overlapping or harming other processes and removes the need to calculate the backup window schedule.

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06/27/2026
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Reliable, High-Availability Virtual Servers and Centralized Storage with StarWind HCA

We use StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) to run our virtual servers and centralize our storage. It gives us a reliable, high-availability environment without the cost and complexity of a large enterprise SAN. It helps reduce downtime, simplifies management, and keeps our critical applications running smoothly. We use it to support our day-to-day business operations, including file sharing, business applications, and virtual machines.
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06/22/2026
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StarWind Virtual SAN: Cost-Effective, Flexible HA Storage on Standard Hardware

Our previous environment ran on Cisco HyperFlex with VMware. Licensing costs became hard to justify for a mid-sized setup, and the hardware was nearing end-of-life, creating support risk and forcing a refresh. Continuing with the same stack meant a full hardware replacement plus ongoing VMware licensing—at a much higher cost with limited added value and continued vendor lock-in. We evaluated other HCI and storage options, but most required expensive licenses or proprietary hardware. StarWind stood out by offering software-defined storage on standard hardware, removing dependence on costly hypervisor licensing while maintaining high availability. We deployed StarWind Virtual SAN to provide shared storage between nodes without traditional SAN hardware. The result is a simpler, cost-effective environment that meets our performance and availability needs. It is easier to manage, scales cleanly, and avoids vendor lock-in. The transition was straightforward and aligned well with our operations. The biggest gain is flexibility, control over hardware, cost, and architecture without sacrificing resiliency. For organizations facing rising licensing costs and aging HCI platforms, StarWind is a practical alternative.
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06/15/2026
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StarWind Virtual SAN: Robust, Cost-Effective Storage Management

We use StarWind Virtual SAN to create a robust and redundant storage infrastructure between our on-prem servers by using a software solution and saving money compared with dedicated hardware solutions. We've never experienced any failure in the past 2.5 years.

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What is StarWind, Inc.?

StarWind is a pioneer in storage virtualization and hyperconvergence technologies. The company is a real innovator that has been developing and integrating IT infrastructure production optimization solutions years before virtualization hit the mainstream.StarWind combined its high-profile expertise and critical thinking about customer needs, which resulted in the creation of the trailblazing StarWind Virtual SAN. StarWind VSAN is a software-defined storage solution like no other. It completely eliminates the need for physical shared storage, like SAN and NAS, and achieves high availability on commercial hardware starting with two nodes already. It’s the only virtual shared storage on the market that has no hardware compatibility lists, works with any hypervisor, and comes at a reasonable price.To further bring enterprise-grade features without the bank-breaking price tag to ROBO, SMB and Edge, the company designed StarWind HyperConverged Appliance. StarWind HCA is a turnkey hyper-converged platform that combines storage, compute, networking, and StarWind software. StarWind enclosed the power of an entire data center in a small two-node box that brings ground-breaking rates of constant uptime and fault tolerance to organizations of any size. You also get ProActive Support that monitors your environment 4/7/365.StarWind Virtual SAN acquired the VMware Ready certification and it’s listed in the VMware Hardware Compatibility List. It is also officially certified for Windows Server 01 R , WS 016, WS 019, as well as for Citrix XenServer 6.5, 7, and 8.Since 003, StarWind has been the solution of choice for over 30,000 global users in more than 100 countries, from SMBs, companies with ROBO scenarios, and Edge locations, to governments, Fortune 500 and Global 000 companies.You’re welcome to explore our:#StarWind_success_story #StarWind_webinar #StarWind_how_to#StarWind_handy

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2003