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StarWind Backup Appliance vs. StorPool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
StarWind Backup Appliance
Score 8.0 out of 10
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StarWind Backup Appliance (BA) is designed to help organizations eliminate the dependency of their production environment on the backup processes. Powered by NVMe storage, it removes the common backup repository performance bottleneck and the need to plan and fit into a specific backup window. With it, backups can be performed at any time without impacting applications and services. Moreover, the user can instantly recover files or VMs in case of emergency, to meet the strictest RTO and…N/A
StorPool
Score 8.0 out of 10
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StorPool is a block-storage software that uses standard hardware and builds a storage system out of this hardware. It is installed on the servers and creates a shared storage pool from their local drives in these servers. Compared to traditional SANs, all-flash arrays, or other storage software StorPool is faster, more reliable and scalable.N/A
Pricing
StarWind Backup ApplianceStorPool
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
StarWind Backup ApplianceStorPool
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
StarWind Backup ApplianceStorPool
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Small Businesses
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
StarWind Virtual SAN
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale
Score 6.5 out of 10
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale
Score 6.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
StarWind Backup ApplianceStorPool
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.2
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User Testimonials
StarWind Backup ApplianceStorPool
Likelihood to Recommend
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We do recommend StorPool.
Martin Vasev | TrustRadius Reviewer
Martin Vasev
Director of Support and DEVOPS (CTO)
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Pros
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  • Simplicity and compatibility - StorPool is intuitive and can be managed with minimal training.
  • StorPool also proved to be very scalable and easy to deploy.
  • StorPool has a great technical support team - quick and professional. In many cases, they walk the extra mile to advise us on all aspects of our cloud - from hardware selection to soſtware solutions.
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Cons
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  • Cons - Support for VMware is with iSCSI at this point. This is fine, but we're waiting for the full VMware integration they are working on.
Michael Kutzner | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered
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Along with StorPool, we also considered CEPH, LizardFS and some others. However the best price/performance ratio was delivered by StorPool.
Michael Kutzner | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment
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  • At this moment we haven’t yet calculated exactly the ROI. Our main focus is to secure the best performance on a reasonable price and that's exactly what we got when we started working with Storpool.
Paul Davies | TrustRadius Reviewer
Paul Davies
Director
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