StarWind iSCSI SAN Software - Storage Virtualization Solution

Benefits of StarWind

• High availability storage for your VMware, Hyper-V and XenServer virtual machines
• Allows you to use industry-standard hardware to build a SAN
• Allows you to consolidate your storage that is easy to install and manage
• Robust, enterprise-class features at an affordable and low cost of ownership
• Supports advanced VMware features: VMware HA, Storage VMotion, DRS and VCB
• Supports Hyper-V with Live Migration

Key Enterprise-class Storage Features

• Synchronous Data Replication: Real-time data replication across a 2-node storage cluster
• High Availability / Automatic Failover: Fault tolerant active-active technology eliminates a single point of failure
• Failback with Fast Synchronization: Failback to an original system after an automatic failover
• Remote / Asynchronous Replication: Replicates your storage to a remote site across a WAN
• Snapshots & Clones: Capture point-in-time snapshots with unlimited rollback points, make full volume copies
• Thin Provisioning: Allocate space dynamically for highly efficient disk utilization
• CDP (Continuous Data Protection): CDP provides a replication mechanism to ensure an RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of zero data loss for applications that require a lower RPO than asynchronous replication can provide
• Data Deduplication: Data Deduplication is a specialized mechanism of data-compression that allows reducing needed storage capacity due to the process of eliminating duplicated data
• Support for iSCSI Standards: IPSec, CHAP, MPIO, VSS are all fully supported in StarWind

StarWind Works on Industry-Standard Hardware

StarWind iSCSI SAN software platform runs on standard enterprise-class x86 or x64 servers, from blades to rack servers. This allows customers to choose from any standard hardware that meets performance, scalability and budget requirements. More importantly, the use of standard servers makes it easy to upgrade to new hardware, faster memory, Nehalem processors, PCI Express RAID controllers or 10 GigE networking that will all improve the performance of the storage appliance built with StarWind.

Standard enterprise-class servers with full redundancy and hot-swappable components that are supported by StarWind 5.0 include Dell, HP and IBM. This freedom to choose from open standards is important to small and midsize companies who want to deploy networked storage cost-effectively and easily without any interoperability issues and the high prices of proprietary storage solutions from traditional vendors.

StarWind ISCSI SAN software is today's answer to any IT project

StarWind iSCSI SAN is a cost-effective IP SAN solution that over 30,000 users in over 100 countries have deployed for a variety of uses:

• High Availability Storage
  Typical IT environments require High Availability storage and in the case that the first storage appliance fails, a second storage node will continue to operate properly without any interruption. If you are configuring server clusters for high availability then you will also want to cluster your storage boxes to eliminate any single point of failure both on the server application side and on storage.
• Server Clustering
  Windows Server 2008 clustering allows two or more servers to be linked together to improve system and data availability. High Availability server clusters significantly improve availability and performance beyond what is possible with a single server. Typical configurations allow you to create a shared virtual SAN that will present itself to the Microsoft Windows cluster server and can be combined with the StarWind Server iSCSI SAN to work with Microsoft SQL Server, MS Exchange, VMware ESX and other applications to deliver the highest level of reliability and availability.
• Server Virtualization
  Storage virtualization is the logical next step to complete a VMware, Hyper-V or XenServer virtual environment. Combining iSCSI SANs and system virtualization allows IT organization to improve overall levels of performance, lower overall costs and increase the levels of system and data protection.
• Shared Storage
  An IP SAN enables you to rapidly adapt to evolving networked storage needs. Using iSCSI protocol, the StarWind SAN communicates between servers and clients to deliver shared storage on your network without the need for expensive or proprietary SAN or NAS solutions.
• Business Continuity
  In today's global economy, even a single server failure or power outage to a remote office can cause a critical loss of data as well as losses to your bottom line. Business continuity planning supported by iSCSI SAN ensures that your data will be continually available and always protected.
• Disaster Recovery
  Disruptive events are not limited only to natural disasters like hurricanes and floods. Did you know that 30% of all system failures result from human error and 40% from hardware failure? It's easy to see why disaster recovery planning is one of the top priorities for any IT department. To mitigate that risk, StarWind provides a highly reliable and cost effective iSCSI SAN that is an ideal fit for any disaster recovery plan.

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