NetApp ONTAP Select vs StarWind Virtual SAN
NetApp ONTAP Select
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| Figure | NetApp ONTAP Select | StarWind Virtual SAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 7.6 (#17) | 8.4 (#6) |
| Founded | 1992 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, United States | Beverly, Massachusetts, USA |
| Hypervisors | ONTAP Select can run on VMware ESXi or KVM on supported commodity hardware. | 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. |
| Trial | An evaluation license is included with Deploy, lasts up to 90 days, and is restricted to evaluation use rather than production. | The full-force StarWind VSAN free trial lasts 30 trial days. |
Plans
NetApp ONTAP Select
- Capacity Pool — Standard, Premium, or Premium XLPriced on request
- Capacity Tier — Standard, Premium, or Premium XLPriced 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
NetApp ONTAP Select
NetApp ONTAP Select 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.