Columb Technologies S.A. achieves 24/7 business operations and reduces licensing costs by creating shared storage around StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Columb Technologies S.A. ran its virtualized environment on Microsoft Hyper-V. The company needed a reliable and cost-effective way to ensure shared storage and high availability for its virtual machines. However, using Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) required a Windows Server Enterprise license, which made the setup costly and difficult to justify for its business scale. Columb Technologies S.A. was looking for a simpler, more affordable solution that would still provide the same level of performance and fault tolerance without requiring additional expensive licenses or complex configurations.

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SOLUTION

Columb Technologies S.A. chose StarWind VSAN because it provided shared storage functionality directly from the existing Hyper-V hosts without the need for extra hardware or enterprise-level licensing. By mirroring storage between servers, StarWind VSAN ensured data redundancy and continuous availability in case of a host failure. After the deployment, the infrastructure became fast, stable, and easy to maintain. The new setup met all the company’s performance and reliability expectations while significantly reducing operational costs and licensing expenses.