We have implemented the software-only solution by ourselves. The HCA was implemented together with the StarWind support team.

I handled the setup in-house. I am the sole sysadmin and did the entire implementation.

We handled the setup in-house and worked directly in contact with StarWind. There were no issues. 

We implemented the solution both using their support and members of our team.

I did the in-house part and they supported all the rest.

It was implemented through their support team and their level of expertise was extremely high.

Everything was done through StarWind. We didn't have any consultants. The only actual help we had from the outside was getting it physically installed.

We implemented it through an in-house team and their level of expertise is exceptional.

We had the help of a vendor team, and they were very efficient. I was up and running quickly.

We implemented the solution in-house.

We received assistance with the setup from the vendor team. They were very knowledgeable and took care of all issues.

The vendor team was great to work with and are experts in their field and on the StarWind solution. It was a pleasure working with them.

The connection was made by StarWind and a partner of StarWind integrated the solution very well and very quickly.

We implemented the solution directly with StarWind. 

I did the setup in-house.

StarWind support only employs experts. I have yet to deal with anyone on their support team that didn't know the product inside and out. It's really refreshing compared to other vendors I have to deal with.

Implementation was done through a vendor.

We used our in-house team to install and then the vendor's engineers configured the application for us.

I discussed and negotiated directly with StarWind.

Implementation was through StarWind and was a great experience.

It was via the StarWind team.

We implemented the solution using an in-house team.  

The implementation was done over the phone with support.  

We used the vendor team. They were very highly experienced.

It was implemented mostly by StarWind in coordination with our in house team.

StarWind provided the Dell EMC servers. We purchased not only the software but the three Dell EMC servers which have the locally attached storage. They helped us with the initial hardware configuration and adding it to our network.

StarWind gets the hardware shipped to them directly from Dell EMC. They installed Windows Server, their software, and all the drivers. Then they shipped it to us. After it arrived here, we just racked it, cabled it up, turned it on, and finished the minimal configuration with their help. After running through the initial setup, we added it to System Center Virtual Machine Manager and started moving virtual machines to the new hardware.

The implementation was handled in-house with just me, one person, with a little guidance from StarWind Support.

The StarWind in-house team did it all for me and I would rate them ten out of ten.

StarWind themselves set up calls to help us get the environment going.

This was done in-house. We have some technical knowledge. Again, support was very helpful.

We handled the implementation in-house.

I had Boris (from StarWind) for the setup, and he was amazing. We have the Proactive Premium Support, since we paid extra to get it. I probably wouldn't have been able to set it up on my own to get it to play with our existing network and on-prem setup. The support guys were sending me photographs and explaining some of the basics that I probably should have known. They have been great.

Kudos to Boris. He has been great, supportive, friendly, and dedicated. 

I am the only person using and maintaining the solution.

In-house with StarWind help.

Our experience with the StarWind partner was not the best. We spent a lot of time spec-ing and giving them the specs of every element of our network. When they failed to deliver it and we missed a number of deadline dates on the installation because of it, I just phoned up a cabling company, gave them all the details, and I had the right cables the very next day. So it wasn't a massive technical challenge. It just needed someone to take ownership of it. I don't know whether it was a financial thing or something else, but I've not been reimbursed for those cables. So in the end, I did overspend on the project. If you're going to write a business case and you're going to put the costs in it, you want those costs to be right.

In the whole scheme of things, it's not the end of the world, but was annoying. It could certainly be improved.

We handled everything directly.

The vendor team configured our environment without issue.

A combination of vendor team and in-house team. Their level of expertise is good.

75% vendor team and 25% in-house. Expertise was top notch which is to be expected since it's their product.

We implemented purely in-house.

We had our engineers work with Starwind to implement it. It was very easy to work with them.

We used the vendor team for the first deployment and they were helpful. We did the rest on our own. 

Overall, I did like the hardware installation and the cabling and they helped me configure the StarWind software. It was about half and half.

They were top-notch and professional. They know their stuff. I was always able to get them online when needed. Their support was very good.

I installed this system myself.