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IBM Z Storage Management Suite vs StarWind Virtual SAN

IBM Z Storage Management Suite

ibm.com

StarWind Virtual SAN

starwindsoftware.com

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FigureIBM Z Storage Management SuiteStarWind Virtual SAN
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published05
Spec score · Storage Management Software5.8 (#25)8.4 (#3)

Plans

IBM Z Storage Management Suite

No plans published.

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StarWind Virtual SAN

  • StarWind Virtual SAN FreeFree
  • Virtual SAN FreeFree
  • DatacenterPriced on request
  • EnterprisePriced on request
  • StarWind Virtual SANPriced on request

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IBM Z Storage Management Suite

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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.

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