We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual SAN and VMware vSAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"I've been really impressed with it so far. I think it's pretty great, actually. It does exactly what we need it to do, and it does it well, so I would recommend it. Plus, the support has been very good."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"Starwind made it easy to deploy fully redundant, highly available storage at a low cost."
"Highly available storage is the most valuable feature. The entire rollout is hyper-converged and requires no extra storage further than the hosts in which Hyper-V is running. Another feature that has been great is the support from StarWind in general. We have their proactive support package on the main cluster that employs Starwind Virtual SAN."
"VMware vSAN is compatible with the legacy hypervisor solutions and most of the features are good."
"Very good VCG notification feature."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of its scalability: being able to grow it without having to make sure you get the right disks and the right nodes. The solution is also easy to manage. It's all right there in the vSphere Client. You're not going through multiple things. You don't have to know, once you've created the vSAN node. You add storage, it sees it, and you create your data storage from there. Everything is right there for you."
"If we decide to expand, vSAN could offer us some flexibility. We are researching ways to set this up from a new data center, which is located somewhere different from the current location right now."
"Stretched Cluster is one of the big features that we use across multiple data centers."
"It is simple to manage, very easy to implement and troubleshoot in case of any failures."
"The product’s most valuable features are performance and expandability."
"It completely removes the need for a storage network and for a storage administrator and all of that infrastructure and the costs that are involved with them."
"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."
"A central management console may be nice to see all nodes."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"For improvement, I would like to see how the software determines which networks to use for which purpose. It seems like the naming terminology changes a bit from here to there."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"The interface is a little complicated, it could be simplified with more graphical gadgets. We have many servers, and the built-in functions, such as rate configuration, are a bit complex."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement. Additionally, there should be an appliance module included in it."
"I would like to see better performance graphs, maybe something that you can export outside to a different console, and maybe a little bit longer time period. The 18-hour maximum, or 24-hour maximum, is kind of short. Also, the hardware compatibility limitations are a little frustrating sometimes, but as everybody's starting to adopt vSAN more, you get more options for hardware."
"There is always a challenge with their firmware."
"Integration could be better."
"I'd like to see better integration with the Update Manager, with respect to firmware updates for hardware."
"The solution functions as the marketing says, as long as you follow certain rules."
"The stability needs to be improved."
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 3rd in HCI with 226 reviews. StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN, DataCore SANsymphony and HPE SimpliVity, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray. See our StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VMware vSAN report.
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