LizardFS vs StarWind Virtual Tape Library comparison

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  • "If you currently have Veeam there is no other solution that is as easy and affordable as StarWind."
  • "The pricing of the solution could be more flexible to meet the needs of smaller to mid-market size companies."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The initial setup and deployment are also covered in the purchase at no additional cost."
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    Top Answer:The solution made our backups way more reliable.
    Top Answer:The pricing is surprisingly reasonable, and that includes the help to get it set up and running. They really want you to use their support get to get everything up and running.
    Top Answer:I am not sure if this is a limitation of my physical hardware or if it is the software itself. However, I would like the throughput to be faster. Who would not like things to be faster? It would be… more »
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    Software Defined Storage LizardFS is a distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant and highly available file system. It allows users to combine disk space located on many servers into a single name space which is visible on Unix-like and Windows systems in the same way as other file systems. SDS LizardFS makes files secure by keeping all the data in many replicas spread over available servers. It can also be used to build space-efficient storage, because it is designed to run on commodity hardware. Disk and server failures are handled transparently without any downtime or loss of data. If storage requirements grow, it's possible to scale an existing SDS LizardFS installation just by adding new servers _ at any time, without any downtime. The system will automatically move some data to newly added servers, because it continuously takes care of balancing disk usage across all connected nodes. Removing servers is just as easy as adding a new one.

    For SMB and Enterprises, who either look to get rid of backup tapes completely, or are willing to accelerate backup process and add an extra level of protection, our solution is StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL). It is an appliance that eliminates the need in physical tape and “pretends” to be a supported tape drive or autoloader, keeping all data on inexpensive, fast and high-capacity spinning disks.

    Even with explosive data growth, StarWind VTL fits the backup into backup window by accelerating it, so the process does not overlap with production time. Optionally, it creates additional copy of backup data for better safety. It is also available in a software-only form, as part of StarWind VSAN functionality. 

    StarWind VTL targets those, who need to replace existing tape backup infrastructure or accelerate it if regulatory requirements prohibit replacement. In case the goal is just virtualizing tape backup or creating a stretched backup infrastructure, StarWind Tape Redirector will come in handy. 

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    Orange Polska, Platige Image, United State Department of Agriculture, Virtu Financial
    Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi
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    Comms Service Provider25%
    University11%
    Computer Software Company8%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company10%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    LizardFS is ranked 20th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 11th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 6 reviews. LizardFS is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of LizardFS writes "There is an automated built-in failover mechanism, but you must build it yourself if you have no support contract in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". LizardFS is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage, whereas StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, HPE StoreVirtual, VMware vSAN and IBM Cloud Object Storage.

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