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We performed a comparison between Maxta [EOL] and StarWind Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The single-pane-of-glass VMware interface makes configuration and management easy so you do not need IT specialists."

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"Having instant failover redundancy helps me sleep easier at night.""I would say data protection and easy management are the most valuable features of the product...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.""Its user-friendly interface makes it an attractive option, especially for customers who may not be highly tech-savvy.""Another good feature is that you can pause the appliance if you want to move it from one location to another and then once it's moved you can resume it, this way you can physically move the whole cluster or storage without any downtime. Its really easy to use, if you have a good foundation in storage and clustering then you will need less then one hour to figure out how to operate it.""We saw an ROI. We have saved both time and money by using it.""The management interface is the most valuable feature for us.""The integration is excellent.""It is very easy to use and very cost effective."

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"A new company took over the product and now the support for Maxta has gone way downhill."

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"An improvement would be if they reached out to education customers with other available products.""With StarWind Storage Appliance, it would be better to have an overall easier setup with a little bit of configuration changes since, currently, even a small mistake may cause the setup process to go wrong.""Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in terms of handling caching and moving data between additional nodes.""It needs more integration with backup vendors so there is native integration with it that will allow storage level backup/snapshots. I would love to see integration with Veeam and Commvault so it can be recognized by them directly and added as network storage.""StarWind should improve the synchronization time of its product. There should be a standard operating procedure (SOP) for synchronization to reduce the time it takes.""The dashboard features are not in the free version.""They could improve by providing integration with HP.""They offered onsite installation, but we chose to do it ourselves. That took longer and was more work for us but saved us a ton of money in the end."

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  • "It costs about 50,000 euros."
  • "StarWind by far provides the best bang for the buck."
  • "On the homepage, you can not see the pricing."
  • "The cost is determined by various factors, including the amount of terabyte storage you require, the number of nodes you want to purchase, and the duration of your maintenance agreement"
  • "With StarWind Storage Appliance, the payments made towards the licensing part of the product are on a per-node basis, making it cost-effective for us to use the solution in our company."
  • "We found that the price of StarWind was very good compared to VMware or Nutanix."
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    Top Answer:I would say data protection and easy management are the most valuable features of the product...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
    Top Answer:With StarWind Storage Appliance, the payments made towards the licensing part of the product are on a per-node basis, making it cost-effective for us to use the solution in our company. StarWind… more »
    Top Answer:From an improvement perspective, I can't comment much about StarWind Storage Appliance since we use only two to three nodes in our company, with which I am currently happy. If I use the product at an… more »
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    Overview

    Maxta MxSP software-defined storage solutions provide organizations the choice to deploy hyper-convergence on any x86 server, using any hypervisor and any combination of storage devices. 

    For SMB and Enterprises who are looking for high performance primary storage for server virtualization, VDI, database and Big Data scenarios, or inexpensive secondary backup tier, our solution is StarWind Storage Appliance. It unifies commodity servers, disks and flash, and associated software into an easily scalable storage platform.

    Additionally, the appliance features an optional gateway to Azure public cloud, which helps to implement an effective Disaster Recovery plan or meet regulatory requirements. StarWind SA scales up by adding individual disks and flash modules, or JBODs, while adding ready controller nodes allows scaling out. 

    StarWind SA targets those, who need high-performance primary storage or secondary storage for backup. In case there is a whole virtualization infrastructure to build from scratch, StarWind HCA will come in handy. Otherwise, if all the required hardware is present, StarWind Virtual SAN will be enough to build a high-performance virtualization setup. 

    Sample Customers
    VSS Monitoring, Vedams, ESG, City Government of Venray, Intel, Driscoll's
    Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government9%
    University7%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    March 2024
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    Maxta [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while StarWind Storage Appliance is ranked 10th in NAS with 9 reviews. Maxta [EOL] is rated 7.0, while StarWind Storage Appliance is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Maxta [EOL] writes "Has the ability to have a single-pane-of-glass using the VMware interface but it needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Storage Appliance writes "Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes". Maxta [EOL] is most compared with , whereas StarWind Storage Appliance is most compared with FreeNAS, StoneFly VSO NAS, VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN.

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