Astral Brands ensures uninterrupted access to e-commerce platforms and product management workflows by enabling shared storage with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Astral Brands was running its IT environment on VMware ESXi hosts with Direct Attached Storage (DAS). This setup worked only as long as each host used its own storage. The main problem appeared when the team needed to use multiple ESXi hosts together. Their storage could not be shared, which made it impossible to move virtual machines (VMs) between servers or balance workloads properly. The lack of shared storage also limited flexibility and redundancy.

Solving this with traditional SAN solutions would be expensive and complex. The company needed something easier to manage but still powerful and reliable.

Thanks to StarWind VSAN, we can now share storage across all our hosts in vCenter. For the money, your StarWind solution is the best option out there.

Jason C., Director of IT

SOLUTION

Astral Brands chose StarWind VSAN because of its ease of use and strong features. After deployment, the company was able to create a shared storage pool accessible to all ESXi hosts in vCenter. Now every host can use the same storage, and VMs can be moved freely between servers.

The infrastructure meets all their needs and works smoothly. The solution also offered the best value for money compared to other options the company considered. With StarWind VSAN, Astral Brands can scale and plan for future growth without major changes or high costs.