Why did you buy StarWind and not its competitor?

[anton (staff)]

Thank you Sir!

I buy the software of StarWind because of its functionality and services. I want to say thanks to the team of StarWind to do this great work for us.

[spiceagent11]

I wanted HA/replication a while ago, and the active-active SAN solution from Starwind made it possible to do in a fraction of the cost of most other solutions, with more features than most other producs provide.

[anton (staff)]

Hey! Is there anything features-wise you think StarWind is missing so far? Thanks!

I wanted HA/replication a while ago, and the active-active SAN solution from Starwind made it possible to do in a fraction of the cost of most other solutions, with more features than most other producs provide.

[roblaw80]

Not the answers your looking for, but...
We didn't buy it because after testing the free version of VTL, your support staff danced around answering my questions about if the paid version would fix some pain points the free version had.
And after pressing for a direct yes or no answer, they just stopped responding.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hello,

Sorry to read about such a misunderstanding.
Could you contact us at support@starwind.com, please?

[anton (staff)]

What issues did you have with our free VTL?

Not the answers your looking for, but...
We didn't buy it because after testing the free version of VTL, your support staff danced around answering my questions about if the paid version would fix some pain points the free version had.
And after pressing for a direct yes or no answer, they just stopped responding.

[BenM]

Guys

I reaslised I hadn't replied to this....and I have been using StarWind for a while.

Why did I buy Starwind?
Becasue it was an excellent product at an excellent price. I had bumped into it a while ago (back in the very early days) and when I needed a vSAN in this job StarWind sprang back to mind - I couldn't afford a hardware active-active SAN but could afford a load of network ports.

Why am I pleased I bought it?

It does what it says on the tin (for me) and, of course, the excellent support . Hi Yaroslav

In my experience, once configured, the software sits there and does its thing, reliably and without interference, even on slightly less than optimal servers and less than tip top network infrastructure.

Just this week Yaroslav has helped get the new cluster set up with the CVM appliances (even though they aren't as performant as the Windows native application) despite my best efforts to break things by following the manual (top tip - don't enable SR-IOV and careful with jumbo frames )!

Keep on doing your thing guys - excellent product & excellent service.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your kind words It really means a lot to me and StarWind Team in general.
I am glad I helped.