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Compare StarWind Free to other StarWind Editions


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

  StarWind Free Edition StarWind
Enterprise CDP Edition
StarWind iSCSI SAN
1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB 16TB Unlimited
Support basic support * 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
# of Servers per license 1 1 2 4
(2 HA sets)
4
(2 HA sets)
Maximum Capacity Unlimited Unlimited 1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB 16TB Unlimited
# of Concurrent iSCSI Connections Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Ethernet ports Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Served Disk Drives Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Synchronous Mirroring (Active-Active High Availability)
Remote Replication (Active-Passive)
Automatic Failover
Failback with Fast Synchronization
Disk Bridge
SPTI
Image File
IPSec, CHAP, ACL, iSNS
CDP / Snapshots
Thin Provisioning
High Speed Caching
Event Log
Event notifications
Deduplication
**VM Backup Option $399.00** $399.00** $399.00** $399.00** $399.00**
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* Free version is covered with a basic support plan (an open public community forum). Support upgrades are available for paid per-incident or switching to any commercial version with extended functionality where annual support plan is included.
** If you would like to use the StarWind Backup Plug-ins for VMware or Hyper-V, you need to add the VM Backup Option for $399.00 per a backup host. The backup licensing is not limited to the number of virtual machines per a single Hyper-V or ESX(i) host and is not affiliated with a number of CPUs on a physical server.
 
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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.