Software Defined Storage: Hyper Converged and Virtual SAN Infrastructure
StarWind's HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) was developed for companies that need a plug & play virtualization infrastructure. It is a powerful, complete solution,
completely tailored to the customer's requirements - making its implementation simple, fast and cost-effective. StarWind's built-in ProActive Support system detects and eliminates problems in real time to save work for IT staff. In addition, StarWind HCA offers hybrid cloud features, providing the ability to expand the environment with local nodes or a public cloud of choice (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud). StarWind's hybrid cloud also provides security through simultaneous data replication between on-premises and public cloud. Using StarWind HCA, remote offices and the edge of corporate networks are guaranteed high availability thanks to a single, fixed physical node. Creating clusters with remote HCA nodes within the public cloud or main data center (or even both) eliminates application downtime and ensures data security, while reducing the amount of hardware needed.
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN is a complete, fault-tolerant storage solution
Software-defined for virtual machines and applications. It creates a "mirroring," so to speak, of internal hard drives and flash drives between servers, eliminating the need for physical storage. StarWind Virtual SAN works with readily available components and significantly reduces the amount of hardware needed, so it halves CAPEX and OPEX costs. Hybrid cloud functionality allows virtual workloads to move freely between on-premises environments and AWS, Azure, Google or Oracle clouds without any downtime. A single solution thus offers scalability, availability and cost-effectiveness. StarWind VSAN also includes StarWind ProActive Support, which detects and resolves issues before they cause application or service downtime.
StarWind Virtual Tape Library
StarWind Virtual Tape Library, or virtual tape library
StarWind, is a backup solution designed for companies that want to eliminate costly backup processes while maintaining compliance with legacy archiving and storage requirements. It uses virtual tape libraries with a cloud and object storage layer. StarWind VTL protects backups from ransomware by storing them on attack-resistant virtual tapes. It also replicates and layers them in Backblaze B2, AWS, Azure or any other public cloud to maximize storage security and performance - all from a convenient-to-use management interface. StarWind VTL can also work with any standard storage array
object-oriented, which allows you to freely expand local memory.
In addition, StarWind VTL uses the ProActive Support system, which detects and resolves problems on an ongoing basis. The basis for the operation of StarWind virtual libraries is the "4-3-2-1-0" backup principle: 4 backups are stored on 3 different media, 2 backups are in a remote location, it only takes 1 click to create a backup, and the whole process causes 0 problems.
Main features and functions
StarWind Hybrid Cloud
StarWind's hybrid cloud is designed for companies that want to enjoy the benefits of both private and public cloud at the same time. It provides simple integration with existing infrastructure and extends the on-premises environment to the public cloud of choice: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud. It also provides high-availability shared storage between the private and public cloud, ensuring downtime-free operation and disaster recovery - so you can achieve optimal RTPO at low cost.
Main advantages:
- Virtual machine data replication (active-active type);
- One unified management tool;
- High availability and data recovery in a single solution.
StarWind ProActive Support
The traditional support model burdens the user with the need to both monitor the infrastructure and solve problems as they arise. In such an arrangement, the entire environment must be continually monitored to function properly. When a problem arises, you can only report it to the IT department and passively wait for help. Meanwhile, the StarWind ProActive Support system uses advanced AI (artificial intelligence-based) analytics, which is able to predict failures and prevent them in time. After all, it's much better to avoid problems than to fix them when they occur.
Main advantages:
- Availability of applications and services at "six nines" (99.9999%);
- No need for continuous environmental monitoring;
- Reliable operation of infrastructure.
