SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor vs StarWind Virtual SAN
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
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| Figure | SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor | StarWind Virtual SAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · Storage Management Software | 7.4 (#16) | 8.4 (#3) |
| Deployment | The datasheet says SolarWinds Platform products can be deployed on physical or virtual servers on-premises or in the cloud, including through Azure or AWS marketplaces. | It can run as Windows-native software in a Hyper-V partition or as a Linux-based virtual machine on a chosen hypervisor. |
| Founded | 1999 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA | Beverly, Massachusetts, USA |
| Purpose | SRM provides agentless, multi-vendor visibility into storage health, performance, capacity, and availability across SAN, NAS, arrays, LUNs, and disks. | StarWind Virtual SAN is software that replaces physical shared SAN storage and targets Enterprise ROBO, SMB and Edge environments. |
| Support | SolarWinds lists technical support, documentation, training, and its THWACK user community as customer resources. | VSAN Free is self-supported or community-supported through StarWind Forums, while the paid edition includes deployment, configuration, integration and responsive technical support. |
Plans
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
- Storage Resource MonitorPriced 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
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 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.