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StarWind iSCSI SAN - Trial:

StarWind is a storage virtualization software which turns any industry-standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a fail-safe, fault-tolerant SAN. The Active-Active High Availability technology uses Synchronous Data Mirroring and Automatic Failover and Failback with Fast Synchronization, allowing the storage to continue operating in the event of a failure. This technology permits you to configure an Active-Active 2 Node storage cluster which ensures a highly reliable and fault tolerant storage.
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StarWind Native SAN for Hyper-V - Trial:

StarWind Native SAN for Hyper-V is a product designed especially for Hyper-V-based shared storages. It provides highly available, reliable, easy-to-deploy and very cost-effective SAN. This solution is ideal for SMBs that can leverage benefits of Hyper-V clusters without big investments, because StarWind Native SAN for Hyper-V reduces virtualization costs at least by 50%.
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StarWind Hyper-V Backup Plug-in NEW

Hyper-V Backup Plug-in is a powerful solution for fast backup and easy and reliable restore of virtual machines. This software has agentless architecture and runs on the Hyper-V host level storing backups in the Hyper-V natural VHD format.
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StarWind iSCSI SAN - Free:

StarWind Free is an iSCSI Target that converts any Windows server into a SAN. This is a fully functional product at no cost.
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StarWind V2V Converter:

StarWind Converter is a free downloadable V2V conversion tool for virtual machines.
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iSCSI Initiator:

iSCSI Initiator fully implements the iSCSI client side protocol enabling you to connect to a full range of remote devices such as disk arrays, tape drives, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM and HD-DVD image libraries.
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AoE Initiator:

AoE Initiator fully implements ATA-over-Ethernet client side protocol enabling you to connect to remote storage appliances such as Coraid®. AoE support enables connectivity to remote storage devices over a standard Ethernet network, regardless of where the device resides.
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FCoE Initiator:

FCoE Initiator fully implements Fibre Channel-over-Ethernet client side protocol enabling you to connect to remote storage appliances such as those developed by Qlogic and Cisco.
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Virtual CD:

Virtual CD creates a virtual DVD-ROM drive locally to extend your computing infrastructure. A Virtual DVD-ROM emulation allows you to use virtual optical drives when and where you need them.
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Encrypted Disk:

Whenever Encrypted Disk creates an image file, it can optionally encrypt it and export it to an iSCSI Target. Encryption increases the target's security and prevents unauthorized access.
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RAM Disk:

With RAM Disk emulation these virtual drives can be more than 1000 times faster than your local hard drive. They appear to your system and applications as a standard disk volume where you can read and write files.
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