StarWind iSCSI SAN for VMware ESX and ESXi Data Sheet

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StarWind Enterprise Server to VMware Storage Virtualization

Combine the power of VMware Server Virtualization and StarWind Storage Virtualization

Benefits include:

Enhance VMware’s functionality.

VMware’s High Availability, VMotion, VCB and Distributed Resource Scheduler all require utilizing shared storage. By using StarWind as you centralized storage, take advantage of these features and eliminate downtime and increase the performance of your virtual environment.

Increase Storage Utilization.

With automatic Thin Provisioning, you gain substantial storage efficiency without buying more storage than you really need. You will never have to over-allocate storage again.

Protect VMs.

By using enterprise-class features such as StarWind CDP & Snapshots, you can protect your data with point-in-time copies on a volume-by-volume basis.

Disaster Recovery.

Leveraging StarWind's synchronous mirroring and asynchronous replication features, you can place your data on a remote or separate machine. In the event of a disruption, you can immediately restart your virtual machines and continue operations.

Repurpose hardware, go Green IT.

Efficiently and economically improve your hardware utilization and leverage existing IT infrastructure. Reuse your existing servers and storage and transform old servers into enterprise class iSCSI SANs.

Easily Manage your storage.

Use our simple, intuitive graphical user interface and take advantage of the product's built-in flexibility to expand the size of the volumes available on your StarWind Server iSCSI SAN.

All these Benefits in Less Than 30 minutes

iSCSI storage solutions enables companies running VMware to quickly reap the benefits of enterprise-level storage solutions without making a large investment in expensive, proprietary and complex SAN systems.

StarWind’s iSCSI SAN storage for VMware ESX and ESXi environments is a software iSCSI SAN solution installs on top of your existing infrastructure. It delivers all the functionality of a Fibre Channel SAN at a fraction of its costs. Any Windows Server can be converted into a reliable, scalable; high-performance VMware SAN in less than 30 minutes over existing CAT5 Ethernet cable, and it can exceed Fibre Channel performance when used in 10 GigE Ethernet networks. There is no requirement to purchase any proprietary servers, storage or networking equipment. Your storage can be virtualized, consolidated and centrally managed with StarWind’s solution. And you will be able to protect your VMware environment fully in the event of a failure.

StarWind iSCSI SAN for VMware delivers a full range of SAN services to provision networked storage, reduce vulnerability and protect data. Microsoft VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services) compatibility, dynamic point-in-time volume snapshots and automatic incremental backups make both backup and recovery a breeze. All this, plus StarWind’s reliability, scalability and performance, not to mention unlimited terabytes of storage per server license, make this a perfect SAN for midsize companies and remote office/branch office (ROBO) installations with VMware ESX and ESXi environments.

StarWind Advantages

• Simplify VMware storage management.
• Integrates with VMotion, VMware HA, DRS and VCB for shared storage.
• Enhances VMware with higher data availability, reliability and protection.
• Leverages VMware VI3 to build a true cluster with an iSCSI SAN.
• Protect VMware Virtual Machines from single point of failure with a SAN