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Sample Customers

StarWind Virtual SAN

Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

Sears Home and Franchise Business

StarWind Virtual Tape Library

Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi

StarWind Storage Appliance

Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon

Popular Solutions

Kaminario K2 [EOL]

0 reviews

StarWind Virtual SAN

46 reviews

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

1 reviews

StarWind Storage Appliance

4 reviews

Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

Anonymous User
Director of Engineering at Telefonica
production real time environments in 3 data centers Miami, London and Frankfurt About 4500 virtual machines
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WJHG
Soporte IT at Sildan Security
First, I need to explain what motivated me to use VSAN. Some time ago, I developed a work environment with KVM...
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Kishore CA
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
We were looking for the two-node HCA. We found that VMware was also a solution, but it was a bit costlier for us. We...
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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
I'm a value-added reseller for Microsoft. I do some other stuff on these HCAs too, but that's the easiest way to...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
We have been using the product for backups and long-term storage. We had been using physical tape backups for many...
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Customer Service

Anonymous User
Vice President / Chief Information Officer at a healthcare company
I rate technical support 3/5. There have been some inconsistencies.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer in the Storage & Systems Practice at a tech services company
Have not had any components fail yet. Customer service emails me when they have new firmware and they upgrade it for me.
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Anonymous User
Senior Account Executive at Nordisk systems
I personally have not used technical support. I have many customers who have used them, and who have had great...
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IT-3922
IT and Facilities Lead at a computer software company
We have not had cause to engage with their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Director of Engineering at Telefonica
Customer Service: Very high - boutique level with great personal responses and very quick solutions. Technical...
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a computer software company
The couple of technical support calls we've made, they've been proactive, very good about that; so that's been good....
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Anonymous User
Security Big Data Analysis Team at a government
I would rate technical support with an 8 out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Senior DevOps Engineer at a computer software company
Support's amazing. When it came time for the flash upgrade, our rep contacted us, and put us in touch with their...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a comms service provider
It has the best technical support because technical support is very important for this country because their...
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Anonymous User
System Engineer - R&D at a tech services company
Technical support is very good. We had quick response for anything we needed.
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V.J.
Storage Administrator at a tech services company
Customer Service: Good Customer Service. Technical Support: Good Technical Support.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a computer software company
Technical support is absolutely great. We ran into an issue due to some improper network configuration on our side...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager,DBA at a manufacturing company
The technical support from Kaminario during two recoveries from power outages has also been outstanding. In both...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager Of Infrastructure Services at a healthcare company
Support has been great. While I have never had to personally call, I've had my administrators call. Every time we...
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Anonymous User
Director Of Information Technology at a healthcare company
I would rate technical support as 3/5.
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MIT
IT System Administrator at Ludwig Meyer GmbH & Co. KG
We really only had contacted the support for the final checkup after setting it up ourselves, so that they could...
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dchapman
Technology Director at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort
Technical support has been top-shelf!
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Seth Weber
Network & Systems Administrator at Clarion Forest VNA
Customer support is very good! The support rep knew what they were talking about and quickly got back to me with an...
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Tayre José Rivas Salas
TI support analyst at Invermedia
The technical support can be a bit complicated by language barriers, however, the objectives have been achieved.
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Ricardo.XGZ
Network Specialist at Nexans aeA
Fast response and great attention.
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Anonymous User
CIO at a renewables & environment company
Service from initial questions and review, to demo, to purchase, and post-purchase support has been great.
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Dan Hoffmann
Web Services and Systems Development at a non-profit
I never felt rushed while I had to install additional host NIC cards and they walked me through every step of the...
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Justin Graves
IT Supervisor at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.
The technical support is A+.
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Kristopher Skully
Systems Administrator at Hospice of the Western Reserve
So far, the little that I've worked with tech support, they seem to be pretty great. We also bought a backup server...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a computer software company
Their support has been excellent. They will walk you through every step of the way and help you with anything you...
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech consulting company
In over 20 years of working in the IT industry, I have never encountered better support than I have with the team at...
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Evgenii Korsak
Works
The technical support is very good.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Cloud Manager at Exponential-e
We had one incident for which we required the help of their support. Our questions and queries were answered within...
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AntonChernomazov
SAO Dept. Head at LLC BIT
Support wants to solve your issue, and they are successful at it. Complex issues are escalated to the next support...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator
Customer service/support is outstanding. All the guys that I have spoken with were highly professional, friendly,...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Kanal 75
Technical support is very helpful and they call back if I miss them to follow up on any open cases.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Westmoreland Mining LLC
Their support is top-notch. StarWind support is very proactive and easy to work with. Their support engineers know...
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Alex-Serenity
Systems Administrator at a non-profit
Support is top quality and their response is exceptional. It's probably one of the best supports I've dealt with.
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Seth Bestulic
IT Network & System Engineer at Energy Trust of Oregon
My experience with support was terrific. The only issue was having to communicate through a sales rep instead of...
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Anonymous User
Information Systems Security Officer at Graham Corp
The StarWind support team is very knowledgeable. When you need support, you speak directly with someone who knows the...
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Anonymous User
IT Operations Manager
They have proactive support which prior to using StarWind, was a new concept for us. It's incredible. We spend less...
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Anonymous User
Works at a educational organization
Technical support is great. They are very responsive, they always reply quickly, and seem very knowledgeable.
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Anonymous User
Systems Admin at a tech vendor
We are using the solution's ProActive Premium Support but it hasn't really reduced our monitoring efforts since we've...
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Matt_Thomas
Network Manager at Riverston Schools
They are great at monitoring. The Proactive Premium Support has helped to free up an employee, as I'm the only one...
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Shawn Bender
Global IS Admin at Benshaw, Inc.
The support at StarWind was very knowledgeable and was able to resolve any issues on the current call.
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Daniel P.
Works
Customer service and support is the strongest part of this company. I have zero issues with them and wish other...
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Anonymous User
Application Engineer at Rakuten
Technical support is very responsive, helpful, and friendly.
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Branden Beachy
Works at GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
I had some issues, early on, that ended up being hardware issues on my end. The StarWind support people were more...
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Mart Vernik
Digital Archive System Administrator at Rahvusarhiiv
Customer service is helpful.
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MemphisGuy
Network Services Manager at a educational organization
It's been great. They generally call if there is any issue.
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