2018-07-12T14:04:00Z

What do you like most about StarWind HyperConverged Appliance?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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RB
User
2023-01-25T03:45:00Z
Jan 25, 2023

StarWind's proactive support is my favorite feature.

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reviewer1671795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-11-15T22:01:00Z
Nov 15, 2022

The high-quality hardware options, directly affecting performance, have significantly improved the user experience and are well worth the cost.

CS
User
2022-09-19T20:52:00Z
Sep 19, 2022

Having this all backed up by pro-active support gives us good peace of mind.

Artur Eichmann - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-18T16:47:00Z
Sep 18, 2022

The product runs wonderfully and has already gone through several failure tests.

dchapman - PeerSpot reviewer
User
Top 10
2022-09-01T18:07:00Z
Sep 1, 2022

Being able to upgrade machines and software during business operations just by switching nodes has been a huge improvement. We

MR
User
Top 20
2022-08-22T16:38:00Z
Aug 22, 2022

Repair efforts have been reduced to nearly nothing.

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BG
User
Top 20
2022-08-18T16:26:00Z
Aug 18, 2022

StarWind is very resilient and built off of quality vendor hardware.

MD
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-29T00:47:00Z
Jul 29, 2022

We were able to set it up via the documentation and only needed their support a handful of times.

RP
User
2022-05-05T14:48:00Z
May 5, 2022

How quickly the StarWind solution replicates also gives us the confidence to know that in the event of catastrophic failure of any piece of hardware, we won't be far behind before things went wrong.

BM
User
Top 20
2022-05-05T13:25:00Z
May 5, 2022

It improved all services running on the new cluster and took up less space and less energy.

AH
User
Top 20
2022-05-04T22:54:00Z
May 4, 2022

UI Options are simple and easy to find.

CG
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-04T15:17:00Z
May 4, 2022

The redundancy of two identical nodes that can run alone allows us to have truly "no single point of failure" in our computing and primary storage infrastructure.

ML
User
Top 20
2022-05-04T04:46:00Z
May 4, 2022

The setup was easy to deploy, and management is simplified compared with traditional SAN solutions.

AT
User
Top 20
2022-05-03T21:07:00Z
May 3, 2022

The StarWind array has greatly improved our workflow internally as it is quite easy to use and provides robust features that allow us to provide anything our clients need quickly and efficiently.

AI
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-19T15:18:00Z
Apr 19, 2022

With proactive support, StarWind deploys and configures the solution for you.

Carl Marshall - PeerSpot reviewer
User
Top 20
2022-04-13T21:14:00Z
Apr 13, 2022

It did not hurt that the price for the hardware and three years of support cost less than the disparate hardware the cluster used to run on.

NJ
User
Top 5
2022-03-29T10:21:00Z
Mar 29, 2022

The solution has easily deployed instances for multiple fast-paced projects.

CR
User
2022-03-28T16:48:00Z
Mar 28, 2022

The most valuable aspect of StarWind is the all-in-one solution that they provide.

JH
Real User
2021-12-10T18:00:00Z
Dec 10, 2021

The pricing and discounts given by Starwind on the hardware were unmatched.

Brendan - PeerSpot reviewer
User
2021-12-08T18:06:00Z
Dec 8, 2021

The low cost of this solution has also made a big difference in our budget, which has been very helpful.

NC
User
2021-12-01T18:12:00Z
Dec 1, 2021

We run probably 16 virtual machines, and all of them are now highly available, and highly redundant.

JE
User
2021-10-11T16:10:00Z
Oct 11, 2021

We also opted for 24-hour support monitoring for any issues. They are extremely quick to respond on issues we even cause ourselves such as bumping a network cable.

EJ
Real User
2021-08-30T19:19:06Z
Aug 30, 2021

The initial setup seems to be very straightforward.

SD
User
2021-08-10T18:00:00Z
Aug 10, 2021

The sales process is easy.

DM
Real User
2021-05-24T18:56:00Z
May 24, 2021

We opted for 24-hour monitoring and support, which has already paid for itself.

DG
Real User
2021-05-16T19:25:00Z
May 16, 2021

We also substantially reduced network complexity by eliminating that standalone SAN. That reduced complexity has allowed us to concentrate on improving other areas of our network.

SB
Real User
Top 20
2021-01-26T19:28:00Z
Jan 26, 2021

The presence of built-in storage saved the company from having to purchase a separate storage array and related network equipment.

reviewer1462674 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-11-26T17:56:00Z
Nov 26, 2020

The full suite of redundancy gives a nice sense of security for the whole environment.

reviewer1442208 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-10-23T17:21:00Z
Oct 23, 2020

The option to deploy a hyper-converged system without an expensive storage switch was a benefit.

reviewer1390521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-07-16T20:38:00Z
Jul 16, 2020

With StarWind's Proactive monitoring we can go about our day helping our customers and not have to worry about our cluster's health.

BH
Real User
2020-05-27T19:11:00Z
May 27, 2020

However, StarWind HCA won us over in two areas: price and support. We were actually able to install an all-flash StarWind HCA for less than other vendors' spinning rust solutions! We were able to roll five years of warranty and support into the purchase price and still save thousands of dollars upfront.

CS
Real User
2020-02-24T02:11:00Z
Feb 24, 2020

In our experience with StarWind, the support has been by far the most valuable feature.

RF
Real User
2020-01-29T11:22:00Z
Jan 29, 2020

The most valuable features of the solution are the redundancy and its cost. I used to have a SAN, a Dell EMC EqualLogic. Unfortunately, it was they call an "inverted pyramid of doom." It was two or three hosts, two switches, and one storage array at the very bottom. But the SAN, the storage array at the very bottom, is a single point of failure...

MT
Real User
2020-01-29T08:35:00Z
Jan 29, 2020

The support is the most valuable feature. The support has been amazing. It's around the clock. One of our hard disks accidentally ejected without me knowing or being onsite. They called and told me about it before I had a chance to see it myself.

RB
Real User
2020-01-22T07:21:00Z
Jan 22, 2020

What makes it valuable is the high-availability. In the education field, when you've got students in classrooms, any loss of service disrupts the lessons to a point that the whole lesson is affected. For part of the business which isn't business-critical, to have a little bit of a hiccup wouldn't be such a big thing, but here, it's the high availability of service that is important.

HM
Consultant
2019-12-19T06:32:00Z
Dec 19, 2019

The hardware footprint is great. We've got two 2U servers which replaced four 2U servers. Granted, they were about three years old at that point, but we actually increased our processing capacity by about 50 percent while keeping our storage capacity about the same. We've actually been able to downgrade to a half rack from a full rack because we've gotten rid of some of our network equipment and some of our additional storage arrays.

RM
Real User
2019-11-13T05:29:00Z
Nov 13, 2019

The most valuable feature is the high-availability. We have three nodes, and all data will be synched instantly through all the nodes. Even if we had a disaster where two nodes failed, containing dozens of critical machines, almost automatically, all the loads would be run on the remaining node.

AL
Real User
2019-10-30T06:14:00Z
Oct 30, 2019

The software is great. It's very easy to understand. I've not delved into any of the command-line stuff, but there's no real need to script it. Since it went in, pretty much the only thing that I have needed to do is increase device image sizes and that process is very straightforward.

CK
Real User
2019-10-20T10:33:00Z
Oct 20, 2019

Overall, the solution has improved our system's performance. I was concerned about the physical-to-virtual conversion of our database server. It's actually much faster now, as a virtualized host on this Hyper-V cluster.

CM
Real User
2019-10-15T05:01:00Z
Oct 15, 2019

The hardware footprint is perfect. It fits in our rack perfectly, and we were able to condense a lot of physical servers we had. It has greatly eliminated the excess stuff in our server rack...

DR
Real User
2019-09-05T05:37:00Z
Sep 5, 2019

High-availability is what I bought it for.

KS
Real User
2019-08-29T09:32:00Z
Aug 29, 2019

The biggest thing we were looking for was redundancy, with both the compute and the storage, so that way we could lose a full node and still keep everything up and running, and not have to worry about it... StarWind was able to provide a solution for what we wanted, - to provide for redundancy.

PG
MSP
2019-07-01T07:59:00Z
Jul 1, 2019

The initial setup is straightforward once you know what you're doing.

BP
Real User
2019-05-29T16:05:00Z
May 29, 2019

We no longer need multiple staff members performing small, mundane tasks.

AW
Real User
2018-07-12T14:04:00Z
Jul 12, 2018

This solution came preconfigured. All we needed to do was plug it in and move our VMs.

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