Wilson Electronics saves near $55K in enterprise SAN storage costs by deploying a high availability (HA) cluster powered by StarWind vSAN

CHALLENGE

Before implementing StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Wilson Electronics faced a significant challenge in its remote office/branch office (ROBO) data centers: a complete lack of virtual infrastructure redundancy. Operating in a Hyper-V environment, the company struggled with budget constraints that made enterprise SAN storage solutions unaffordable. Without a cost-effective way to introduce storage redundancy, any hardware failure posed a critical risk to business continuity.

The company explored Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) but found it lacking in flexibility, particularly in disk redundancy options. A solution was needed that could provide high availability (HA), operate on existing hardware, and remain within budget.

StarWind VSAN is by far the most superior virtual SAN technology on the market. Speeds are fantastic, features and reliability are on par with enterprise SAN storage devices. There has not been one requirement VSAN has not met.

IT Manager

SOLUTION

Wilson Electronics chose StarWind VSAN due to its unmatched flexibility and performance. Unlike traditional SAN solutions, StarWind VSAN runs on any hardware and allows for custom redundancy configurations. By deploying StarWind, the company successfully built fully redundant Hyper-V clusters at its remote sites without exceeding the budget. The solution delivered outstanding performance and reliability, meeting all operational requirements while eliminating the single points of failure present in the previous infrastructure.

Over time, StarWind VSAN saved Wilson Electronics at least $50,000 in enterprise SAN storage costs. Given the success of the implementation, the company plans to continue leveraging StarWind VSAN for future ROBO expansions.