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StarWind Virtual SAN Alternatives

4.7(426 Ratings)
Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software

Considering alternatives to StarWind Virtual SAN? See what this market StarWind Virtual SAN users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Scale Computing Platform

By Scale Computing

4.7
(643 Ratings)
Overall everything has been working now for almost 5 years with only 1 item that arrived in a failed state and was promptly replaced.Read all insights and reviews for Scale Computing Platform
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2. Nutanix Cloud Platform

By Nutanix

4.7
(527 Ratings)
Nutanix has been our best partner to work with over the last 6 years. They are actively engaged with us on a daily basis. They help us collaboratively sell. They consistently continue to innovate.Read all insights and reviews for Nutanix Cloud Platform

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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3. VMware vSAN

By Broadcom (VMware)

4.6
(442 Ratings)
I would say VMware vSAN has proven itself as the great tool with great scalability, so I can easily add more hosts and disks without any long and complex setup. The way it integrates with vSphere, it eases my work by offering to control everything from a single console.Read all insights and reviews for VMware vSAN

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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4. Windows Server 2022 Edition

By Microsoft

4.5
(432 Ratings)
I have been using Windows Server 2022 since upgrading from the 2019 version. I have been using it mainly for managing infrastructure, domain controls, even network file access as well as a variety of other things. Compared to the 2019 version, this one feels more refined and offers better stability. I especially enjoy its security features and hybrid cloud readiness. Read all insights and reviews for Windows Server 2022 Edition

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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5. HPE SimpliVity

By Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

4.4
(305 Ratings)
When it is working , it works fantastic. When it is not working, most of the time we need to engage HPe Engineer to work on it. Not working as in hardware failure (and then everything breaks) until need to rebuild the setup. However, to be fair, the issue only happen at a particular sites. So i am not sure if it is due to environmental factors such as high dust environment. Other than that, other sites are working flawlessly. Only complain is pretty hard to navigate HPe sites to obtain software for upgrade the appliance version.Read all insights and reviews for HPE SimpliVity

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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6. Dell VxRail

By Dell Technologies

4.6
(232 Ratings)
We replaced our prev solution with Dell Unity infrastructure with Dell Vxrail in early 2024. The implementation by Dell, was very straightforward and everything was up and running within a couple of weeks of getting delivered. Before we moved any production servers to the the Vxrail, we wanted to go through a firmware upgrade to make sure the "one button" upgrade worked as expected and there was no downtime. The "one button" upgrade worked perfectly, with no impact to the test systems that we had migrated to the environment. We have since gone through several upgrades with production servers running on the Vxrail without any operational impact. We had a Vxrail node have a hardware failure and the Vxrail migrated the workloads off the node and shut it down without any operational impact. Once the node was repaired, Vxrail balanced the workloads across all of the nodes without any operational impact. Overall, the Vxrail clusters have been incredibly reliable and resilient, resulting in no downtime due to the Vxrail. Read all insights and reviews for Dell VxRail

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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7. StorMagic SvSAN

By StorMagic

4.5
(171 Ratings)
Perfect solution with an affordable price that permits usage of small VMWare infrastructure without dedicated storage.Read all insights and reviews for StorMagic SvSAN

Where StarWind Virtual SAN Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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8. SMTX OS

By SmartX

4.9
(139 Ratings)
SmartX hyper-converged products provide us with a favorable user experience. First, the overall complexity of the infrastructure, including network, storage, and disaster recovery, has been greatly reduced. We can focus more on business development without worrying too much about infrastructure operation and maintenance, expansion and fault recovery. At the same time, significant savings in operating costs have been realized, including the cost of cabinet space, technician costs and equipment costs.Read all insights and reviews for SMTX OS
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Top Alternatives to StarWind Virtual SAN

  • Scale Computing Platform
  • Nutanix Cloud Platform
  • VMware vSAN
  • Windows Server 2022 Edition
  • HPE SimpliVity
  • Dell VxRail
  • StorMagic SvSAN
  • SMTX OS

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