Lynden Door, Inc. cuts its infrastructure costs by deploying a high-availability storage cluster thanks to StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Lynden Door, Inc. was expanding its IT environment with a small Hyper-V cluster, but the existing infrastructure lacked a shared storage solution. Adding a traditional storage array just for this cluster didn’t make financial sense – it would have added significant costs to a project that didn’t demand enterprise-scale storage.

The company needed a reliable and cost-effective way to enable high availability (HA) for its Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) without investing in expensive hardware. Most options on the market were either too costly or too complex to deploy quickly. Lynden Door sought a solution that would fit its budget while delivering the performance and reliability necessary to support its virtualized workloads.

When looking at the products, StarWind Virtual SAN was the most affordable, and it seemed to have the most success out of the other products on the market.

Ryan Partlow, IT Manager

SOLUTION

Lynden Door chose StarWind VSAN for its affordability, solid reputation, and ease of deployment. The company quickly set up the trial version, which worked seamlessly with their existing Hyper-V environment. By deploying StarWind VSAN, they created a shared storage pool without the need for a physical SAN, enabling HA across the Hyper-V cluster. The setup was smooth, with exceptional support from StarWind ensuring a successful implementation.

Since deployment, the solution has operated without any issues and fully met the company’s requirements – all while saving them approximately $10,000 by eliminating the need for a new storage array.