Cloudian HyperStore vs StarWind Virtual SAN
Cloudian HyperStore
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| Figure | Cloudian HyperStore | StarWind Virtual SAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.4 (#6) |
| Deployment | HyperStore runs on industry-standard hardware, including Cloudian appliances or a server selected by the customer. | It can run as Windows-native software in a Hyper-V partition or as a Linux-based virtual machine on a chosen hypervisor. |
| Founded | 2011 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California, United States | Beverly, Massachusetts, USA |
| Purpose | HyperStore is enterprise-scale object storage software for capacity-intensive workflows and large volumes of unstructured data. | StarWind Virtual SAN is software that replaces physical shared SAN storage and targets Enterprise ROBO, SMB and Edge environments. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.7 out of 5 from 13 reviews | 4.7 out of 5 from 204 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.7 out of 5 from 280 ratings | 4.7 out of 5 from 437 ratings |
| Support | Cloudian describes four service levels—HyperCare, Premier, Standard Support, and Basic Support—and says its global support and professional services teams are available 24×7. | VSAN Free is self-supported or community-supported through StarWind Forums, while the paid edition includes deployment, configuration, integration and responsive technical support. |
| Trial | The free trial includes HyperStore and HyperIQ and runs in a data center on physical hardware or a virtual machine; listed minimum requirements are 16 GB RAM and a 1 Gigabit network interface. | The full-force StarWind VSAN free trial lasts 30 trial days. |
| What it does | Cloudian HyperStore is enterprise S3-compatible object-storage software for large unstructured-data repositories across on-premises, hybrid-cloud and edge environments. | StarWind Virtual SAN is software-defined storage that replaces physical shared SAN hardware by pooling and mirroring internal disks and flash between virtualization hosts. |
Plans
Cloudian HyperStore
- HyperStore free trialFree
- Cloudian HyperStorePriced on request
- HyperStore enterprise deploymentPriced on request
StarWind Virtual SAN
- StarWind Virtual SAN FreeFree
- Virtual SAN FreeFree
- DatacenterPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- StarWind Virtual SANPriced on request
In their own words
Cloudian HyperStore
Cloudian HyperStore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN is software designed to replace physical shared SAN storage in SMB, ROBO, and Edge environments. It provides fault tolerance and high availability starting with two nodes, and supports iSCSI, SMB3, NFS v4.1, VVols iSCSI, NVMe over Fabrics, and iSER. Deployment options include Windows-native software in a Hyper-V partition or a Linux-based virtual machine on a chosen hypervisor. An HTML5 console is used to monitor and manage hardware and software resources. Listed reliability features include ZFS self-healing, AI-powered telemetry, and call-home systems. Supported hypervisor versions include VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 or later, Windows Server Hyper-V 2019 or later, oVirt/OLVM/RHV 4.4 or later, Proxmox VE 9.1 or later, and XCP-ng 8.3 or later. The free edition is self- or community-supported, and its comparison lists web UI support for KVM only; paid editions list KVM, Hyper-V, and ESXi. A 30-day trial is available, while paid pricing is on request.