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There are many benefits of using a SAN (Storage Area Network). A SAN can provide a very high return on investment, a lower total cost of ownership of computing , and the pay-back period is based in months rather than years.

  • Higher availability for storage using multiple access paths: A SAN allows for multiple physical connections to disks from a single or multiple servers.
  • Increased disk utilization: SAN enables more than one server to access the same physical disk, which lets you allocate the free space on those disks more effectively.
  • Deferred disk procurement: Because you can use disk space more effectively, no space goes to waste, thus you don't need to buy disks as often as you used to.
  • Reduced data center rack/floor space: Because you don't need to buy big servers with room for lots of disks, you can buy fewer, smaller servers, which take up less room.
  • New disaster recovery capabilities: This is a major benefit. SAN devices have the ability to mirror the data on the disks to another location. This can keep your data safe if a disaster occurs.
  • Online recovery: By using online mirrors of your data in a SAN device, you can instantly recover your data if it becomes corrupt. You simply switch to the mirror image.
  • Better staff utilization: SANs enable fewer people to manage much more data by providing centralized administration.

Please fill out the form below to download the product. An installer link together with the license key will be sent to the e-mail address that you’ve specified. You may check the Free vs. Paid document if you are unsure about which StarWind Virtual SAN version you would like to try. Aside from this, there is a totally unrestricted NFS (Not For Sale) version of StarWind VSAN available for certain use cases. StarWind Virtual SAN for Hyper-V release notes are available here.