StarWind Software Inc.

Beverly,  MA 
United States
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/

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StarWind Software is #1 Hyperconvergence for SMB, Enterprise ROBO & Edge! 

StarWind is a pioneer in storage virtualization and hyperconvergence technologies. The company is a real innovator that has been developing and integrating IT infrastructure production optimization solutions years before virtualization hit the mainstream. StarWind combined its high-profile expertise and critical thinking about customer needs, which resulted in the creation of the trailblazing StarWind Virtual SAN. StarWind VSAN is a software-defined storage solution like no other. It completely eliminates the need for physical shared storage, like SAN and NAS, and achieves high availability on commercial hardware starting with two nodes already. It’s the only virtual shared storage on the market that has no hardware compatibility lists, works with any hypervisor, and comes at a reasonable price.

Since 2003, StarWind has been the solution of choice for over 30,000 global users in more than 100 countries, from SMBs, companies with ROBO scenarios, and Edge locations, to governments, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies.

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 Press Releases

• New Product Alert! StarWind Backup Appliance: Unrepecented Backup and Recovery Speed (Nov 24, 2021)

  Beverly, MA, August 12, 2021 – StarWind launches a new product that comes as a pre-configured, versatile, and ready-to-work backup solution that shrinks the backup window to unprecedented levels without any overlap or harm to other processes.

  StarWind, a leading provider of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge, launches a new smart, eco-friendly, and ready-to-backup solution — StarWind Backup Appliance (BA). Thanks to an all-NVMe backend, Backup Appliance from StarWind frees its users from the old concepts of RTO and RPO while providing the fastest backup and recovery levels in the industry. The solution fully removes the issue of backup servers being a bottleneck.

  StarWind BA is optimally priced and has a transparent, future-proof architecture that includes the best commodity hardware, your industry-standard hypervisor of choice, and a StarWind SDS engine. Your storage space will be separated from the backup application layer until you need it, while your backup data will be “air-gapped” from ransomware and protected against drive failure. For ultimate peace of mind, the solution comes with ProActive Support that will monitor your systems 24/7/365.

  StarWind Backup Appliance is also environmentally and user friendly. The ecological footprint of the customers’ backup infrastructure is improved by NVMe consuming less power per TB/IO, generating less heat, and, thus, requiring less energy for cooling than other industry alternatives. As part of the offer, StarWind Engineers will pre-configure the solution and help you migrate to it as well. In addition, everything is intuitive and easy to operate thanks to a unified Web UI.

  With StarWind Backup Appliance, you’ll fit even into the strictest RTPO without any backup window planning and scheduling.

  Proceed now to learn more details about the new StarWind Backup Appliance.

  About StarWind

  StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions designed to build high-performing, flexible, and resilient IT infrastructures for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge. Founded in 2009, StarWind has spread remarkably over the globe and helped to build virtualization infrastructures for hundreds of thousands of customers around the world.

• New Product Alert! StarWind SAN & NAS: Repurpose Existing Servers into High-Performance Storage Appliances (Nov 24, 2021)

  Beverly, MA, July 5, 2021 – StarWind launches a new solution that’s a pre-packaged Linux-based VM that allows to repurpose existing standalone hypervisor servers into high-performing storage appliances with a multitude of use cases.

  StarWind, a leading provider of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge, is marking a new era with the launch of StarWind SAN & NAS. The new product is a feather-light piece of software in a form of a ready-to-go Linux-based virtual machine (VM) that allows transforming existing standalone hypervisor servers into HCL-certified storage appliances.

  Users can now reimagine their hardware into software-defined storage (SDS) without paying for extra features or buying a physical SAN/NAS. If a server can run either VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V, users can use SAN & NAS from StarWind to repurpose it into a high-performance storage appliance, network-attached storage (NAS), and/ or backup target, using commodity hardware.

  StarWind SAN & NAS brings a level of optimization to aging IT infrastructure elements like no other offer on the market.

  StarWind aims at bringing sustainability and hyperconvergence benefits to deployments of any size. That’s why SAN & NAS from StarWind is meant as a step to showing more ROBO, SMB & Edge users that painfully saving costs to pour into over-priced and bulky physical shared storage is a thing of the past. With StarWind, you can claim both converged and hyperconverged infrastructure benefits for your own much more efficiently and flexibly.

  StarWind SAN & NAS is also a totally customizable offering that brings immediate ROI. As part of the offer, StarWind will also help deploy, configure, and migrate to the solution for optimal functionality. Customers will be able to choose their desired level of support between Standard, Premium, or the user-favorite StarWind ProActive Premium Support that comes with an AI health monitoring service and dedicated engineers guarding your IT environment 24/7/365 for ultimate user experience and unchallenged peace of mind.

  Proceed now to learn more details about the new StarWind SAN & NAS.

  About StarWind

  StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions designed to build high-performing, flexible, and resilient IT infrastructures for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge. Founded in 2009, StarWind has spread remarkably over the globe and helped to build virtualization infrastructures for hundreds of thousands of customers around the world.

• Accelerate Windows Applications, Including Microsoft SQL Server, by 2X with StarWind and Pavilion NVMe-oF/RoCE Solutions (Nov 24, 2021)

  Customers take advantage of NVMe-oF to dramatically increase performance while reducing storage footprint and management costs in Microsoft Windows environments.

  Beverly, MA, June 2, 2021 - StarWind, a leading provider of hyperconverged and cutting edge storage virtualization solutions, announced today its partnership with Pavilion Data Systems, the universally unmatched leader in data storage.

  Customers with Microsoft Windows applications, such as MS SQL Server, are taking advantage of the StarWind NVMe-oF/RDMA Initiator and the Pavilion HyperParallel Data Platform™, the most performant, dense, scalable, and flexible data storage platform in the universe, to accelerate performance, recover lost CPU cycles, reduce their storage footprint, and cut management costs in half by moving to an NVMe-oF and RDMA storage solution.

  By using the Pavilion HyperParallel Data Platform with the StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator, a leading investment firm was able to reduce their storage management costs by 50%, while recovering 30% of their CPU utilization by switching from a CPU-heavy legacy storage solution. Another customer, a global information and insights company, doubled the amount of SQL transactions per second, while reducing storage management costs by 60% and their storage footprint by 50%.

  The Pavilion HyperParallel Data Platform already delivers to customers up to 120GB/s of read performance and over 2PB of capacity, per system. By working with StarWind, that performance is now available to Windows environments with the ultra-low latency. This is particularly important to organizations that use MS SQL applications, have video editing workstations, and other high-performance Windows applications.
  — VR Satish, Co-Founder and CTO, Pavilion Data Systems

  StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows is the first software-only solution that satisfies the tremendous demand for ultra-low latency NVMe storage access driven by companies at the cutting edge of technology, finance, live sciences, and M&E verticals. Speed, latency, and efficient CPU utilization required by their applications are far beyond what legacy FC and iSCSI storage protocols can offer. I’m extremely excited to see the disruptive offerings our customers are able to deliver with the help of StarWind and Pavilion solutions.
  — Max Kolomyeytsev, CTO, StarWind

  About Pavilion

  Pavilion is the Data Platform Enabling Enterprises to Derive Greater Value from their Data - Faster, Simpler, and at Scale.

  Pavilion is the perfect complement for AI / ML, HPC, Analytics, Enterprise Edge and other data driven workloads and the ideal Data IO Platform for GPU-based computing platforms. The Pavilion HyperParallel Data Platform, powered by Pavilion HyperOS, delivers unmatched performance and density, ultra-low latency, unlimited scalability, and flexibility, providing customers unprecedented choice and control. Learn why Fortune 500 companies and federal government agencies choose Pavilion.

  To find out more, visit Pavillion Home Page or Pavillion LinkedIn.

  About StarWind

  StarWind is a pioneer in storage virtualization and the only all-flash hyperconvergence vendor on the market.

  StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator is the only software solution that unlocks NVMe/TCP and NVMe/RoCE storage to any Windows application for maximum performance and microsecond latency. StarWind partners in the NVMe-oF storage space can minimize time-to-market to deliver their customers Windows-certified storage solutions right now, without having to wait on the OS vendor to add out-of-the-box NVMe-oF support.

  For more details, visit StarWind NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows.

• StarWind VSAN and StarWind HCI Appliance Win IT Central Station’s Peer Awards for 2021 (Nov 24, 2021)

  Beverly, MA, March 9, 2021 – StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) was the highest-ranked solution while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance made Top 3 on IT Central Station’s SDS Category list based on reviews from real users.

  StarWind, a leading provider of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge, has won the prestigious #1 IT Central Station Peer Award for 2021. StarWind VSAN was the highest-ranking solution to receive a Peer Award in the Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Category. Along with it, StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) is Top 3 in the same category.

  IT Central Station is the leading technology review site in Cybersecurity, DevOps, and IT. Enterprise tech decision-makers rely on IT Central Station’s in-depth peer product reviews and unparalleled peer-driven content.

  IT Central Station’s Peer Awards rank the world’s best tech products based on authentic, timely reviews from verified users. Every reviewer on the site is verified to help buyers make well-informed, smart business decisions.

  StarWind designs its solutions with user experience, sustainability, quality, functionality, and reasonable pricing in mind. StarWind is honored to receive these awards as they mark that the aims of our solutions effectively correspond to the modern demands of our real-life customers. What better praise can you get?

  — Anton Kolomyeytsev, CEO, StarWind Software Inc.

  Here are some excerpts of what our customers say about StarWind on IT Central Station:

  The hardware footprint is great. We've got two 2U servers which replaced four 2U servers. Granted, they were about three years old at that point, but we actually increased our processing capacity [thanks to StarWind HCA] by about 50 percent while keeping our storage capacity about the same. We've actually been able to downgrade to a half rack from a full rack because we've gotten rid of some of our network equipment and some of our additional storage arrays.

  — Owner at Data Barn

  https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance-review-69216-by-huntermorgan

  The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business. StarWind Virtual SAN allowed us to eliminate the need for any physical SANs. We also got rid of the expensive fiber-channel equipment. Now, we just have two servers that form the StarWind nodes and that's it! All of our storage, networking that includes 1GB and 10GB Ethernet, and compute power are all housed in the StarWind Virtual SAN solution. It's simple and very reliable.

  — Head of Information Technology at Baker Tilly BVI & Baker Tilly Cayman

  https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/starwind-virtual-san-review-70999-by-norman-allen

  Highly available storage is the most valuable feature. The entire rollout is hyper-converged and requires no extra storage further than the hosts in which Hyper-V is running. Another feature that has been great is the support from StarWind in general. We have their proactive support package on the main cluster that employs StarWind Virtual SAN.

  — IT Supervisor at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.

  https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/starwind-virtual-san-review-117917-by-justin-graves

  Winners were determined based on reviews verified and published between January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020. All scores are calculated using IT Central Station’s algorithms, as explained in detail here.

  Learn more about the ranking, badge, and what real users have to say, or leave your own review about Virtual SAN or HCI Appliance from StarWind on its dedicated IT Central Station Product Review Page.

  About StarWind

  StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and HyperConverged Infrastructure solutions designed to build high-performing, flexible, and resilient IT infrastructures for SMB and ROBO. Founded in 2009, StarWind has spread remarkably over the globe and helped to build virtualization infrastructures for hundreds of thousands of customers around the world.

  About IT Central Station

  IT Central Station is where enterprise tech decision makers go to read peer product reviews in Cybersecurity, DevOps and IT. Every reviewer on IT Central Station is verified to help buyers make well-informed, smart business decisions. Tech professionals, buyers, marketers and analysts rely on IT Central Station’s in depth peer reviews to compare and select the best software and services.

  

• StarWind is included in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for its Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions (Nov 24, 2021)

  November 27, 2018

  StarWind was named a Niche Player by Gartner in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure for its completeness of vision and ability to execute. StarWind believes this recognition to be a result of putting a lot of effort into developing flexible and high-performance hyperconverged solutions tailored to satisfy their customers’ evolving expectations for IT environments. StarWind’s HCI offering includes StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA), StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), and StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL).

  A Gartner Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, giving a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market’s competitors. Gartner analysts evaluate technology providers on their ability to convincingly articulate logical statements about current and future market direction, innovation, customer needs and competitive forces, and how well they map to the Gartner position.

  Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure, 27 November 2018

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  Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

  About StarWind

  StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and HyperConverged Infrastructure solutions designed to build high-performing, flexible, and resilient IT infrastructures for SMB and ROBO. Founded in 2009, StarWind has spread remarkably over the globe and helped to build virtualization infrastructures for over 140,000 free users and more than 4,000 paying customers around the world.

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