G2

Abhishek N.

IT Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/16/2024

"Cost effective Data Security Solution with Virtual Tape"

4/5

What do you like best about StarWind Virtual Tape Library?

-Scalability is one of the best features. As the data increases with time, the virtual tape library also increases without significant additional costs or complexity. -Reduces cost and hardware requirement significantly by eliminating the need to purchase physical tapes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StarWind Virtual Tape Library?

-As it was newly set up in our environment, the initial setup and configuration seemed a bit complex. Trained professionals are required for initial stages, not everyone can easily set it up efficiently. -The license fee of the application seemed to be on the higher side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StarWind Virtual Tape Library solving and how is that benefiting you?

Here data is retrieved much faster in comparison to physical tapes. It significantly reduces DR time in comparison to the legacy tapes which need to be loaded, located, and mechanically read. Also, it supports scaling. As the data keeps on increasing, the StarWind Virtual Tape Library keeps accommodating that data. Thus, it eliminates the need for additional hardware and manually adding storage like it would have been done in the case of physical tapes. Data stored in StarWind Virtual Tape is stored in an immutable state. So data remains in WORM (Write Once Read Many) state, thus securing data against ransomware attacks. StarWind Virtual Tape also provides the flexibility to leverage both on-prem and cloud environments for both backup and archiving. It can easily be deployed in an organization's data center as well as leverage cloud storage services from cloud providers like Azure, AWS, or GCP. Also, it gets easily integrated with many other backup solution providers like Commvault. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.