Starwind Virtual SAN Alternatives

Starwind Virtual SAN is described as 'StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. It maintains high performance and data high availability on minimalistic resources' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Starwind Virtual SAN for a variety of platforms, including Linux, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Windows and Ubuntu apps. The best Starwind Virtual SAN alternative is ESOS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Starwind Virtual SAN are Open-E Data Storage Software SOHO, StorMagic SvSAN, StorPool and simplyblock.

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    Enterprise Storage OS® is a quasi Linux distribution based on the excellent SCST project; its purpose is to provide SCSI targets via a compatible SAN (Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, iSCSI, FCoE). In a nutshell, ESOS® can easily turn a server with the appropriate hardware...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • ESOS is the most popular Linux alternative to Starwind Virtual SAN.

    • ESOS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Starwind Virtual SAN.

    • ESOS is Free and Open SourceStarwind Virtual SAN is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Open-E Data Storage Software V7 SOHO (Small Office Home Office) is a free version of Open-E DSS V7, previously known as Open-E DSS V7 Lite. With SOHO, you can take advantage of basic functionalities of our fully featured NAS / SAN software...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    StorMagic SvSAN is a highly available hyperconverged storage solution using only two servers and protects data with encryption features and key management.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Ubuntu
     
    • StorMagic SvSAN is the most popular Windows alternative to Starwind Virtual SAN.

    • StorMagic SvSAN is the most popular commercial alternative to Starwind Virtual SAN.

    • StorMagic SvSAN is Paid and ProprietaryStarwind Virtual SAN is Freemium and Proprietary
    • StorMagic SvSAN is LightweightStarwind Virtual SAN is not according to our users
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    StorPool is an intelligent software-defined storage solution that allows service providers, enterprises and other Cloud builders to run data storage on standard x86 servers, instead of on expensive and inefficient storage arrays (SANs).

    41 StorPool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu Server
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Red Hat
     
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    Simplyblock is a software-defined high-performance data storage technology that could be deployed in your own cloud account.

    18 simplyblock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • simplyblock is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Starwind Virtual SAN.

    • simplyblock is Paid and ProprietaryStarwind Virtual SAN is Freemium and Proprietary
    • simplyblock is Privacy focused and LightweightStarwind Virtual SAN is not according to our users
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    LINBIT® VSAN SDS for VMware is a software defined storage solution for small and medium-sized VMware® deployments. It is also usable on an Oracle VM Server for x86 installation or any other Hypervisor software.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
     
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    Dell EMC UnityVSA lets you deploy Dell EMC Unity unified storage as a virtual storage appliance. Dell EMC UnityVSA is software-defined storage that runs on industry-standard hardware and VMware ESXi, which you supply.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
     
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    OviOS Linux is a specialized Linux distribution aimed at creating the fastest and easiest Linux unified storage server. It requires no knowledge of Linux, NFS, SMB or iSCSI protocols to create a fully functional storage server in less than 10 minutes, simply by following the 4...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
     
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    DataCore SANsymphony is an enterprise-class platform that provides a high-performance, highly available, and agile storage infrastructure with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
     
  10. vSAN icon
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    vSAN is enterprise-class, storage virtualization software that, when combined with vSphere, allows you to manage compute and storage with a single platform.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
     
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