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Sample Customers

StarWind Virtual SAN

Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

Sears Home and Franchise Business

StarWind Virtual Tape Library

Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi

StarWind Storage Appliance

Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon

Popular Solutions

Kaminario K2 [EOL]

0 reviews

StarWind Virtual SAN

41 reviews

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance

1 reviews

StarWind Storage Appliance

4 reviews

Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Vladimir Simion
Pre Post Sales Engineer at Logiccomputer
My main use case for StarWind Virtual SAN is that I needed a solution for a customer for a virtual SAN, and that was...
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Russ Le Puill
IT Manager at St Peter's Church of England Aided School
We desperately needed to update yet downsize our data centre. We had six hosts for only approximately 14 or so...
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Kishore CA
Senior Engineering Assistant at Bharat Electronics Limited
We were looking for the two-node HCA. We found that VMware was also a solution, but it was a bit costlier for us. We...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
We have been using the product for backups and long-term storage. We had been using physical tape backups for many...
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Customer Service

Anonymous User
Vice President / Chief Information Officer at a healthcare company
I rate technical support 3/5. There have been some inconsistencies.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer in the Storage & Systems Practice at a tech services company
Have not had any components fail yet. Customer service emails me when they have new firmware and they upgrade it for me.
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Anonymous User
Director Of Information Technology at a healthcare company
I would rate technical support as 3/5.
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Anonymous User
System Engineer - R&D at a tech services company
Technical support is very good. We had quick response for anything we needed.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a comms service provider
It has the best technical support because technical support is very important for this country because their...
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Anonymous User
Senior Account Executive at Nordisk systems
I personally have not used technical support. I have many customers who have used them, and who have had great...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a computer software company
Technical support is absolutely great. We ran into an issue due to some improper network configuration on our side...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager Of Infrastructure Services at a healthcare company
Support has been great. While I have never had to personally call, I've had my administrators call. Every time we...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager,DBA at a manufacturing company
The technical support from Kaminario during two recoveries from power outages has also been outstanding. In both...
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Anonymous User
Security Big Data Analysis Team at a government
I would rate technical support with an 8 out of 10.
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V.J.
Storage Administrator at a tech services company
Customer Service: Good Customer Service. Technical Support: Good Technical Support.
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Anonymous User
Senior DevOps Engineer at a computer software company
Support's amazing. When it came time for the flash upgrade, our rep contacted us, and put us in touch with their...
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Anonymous User
Director of Engineering at Telefonica
Customer Service: Very high - boutique level with great personal responses and very quick solutions. Technical...
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IT-3922
IT and Facilities Lead at a computer software company
We have not had cause to engage with their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a computer software company
The couple of technical support calls we've made, they've been proactive, very good about that; so that's been good....
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reviewer189641
Systemadministratör at Hantverksdata Sverige AB
The one time I had to contact support, they were very good and I got the impression they understand storage and their...
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Marian L
Engineer at Luconsult
The support was excellent. I was assisted well and all the steps were explained to me, including how it should be set...
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Spencer Lines
Information Systems Manager at HALL'S CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Their customer service and support have been world-class. There is no other company I've ever worked with that had...
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Jacob Egan
Systems Administrator at White Oak Management
Any interaction with customer service and support has been awesome. They are quick to respond and very thorough.
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Artur Kamalov
Head of Local Area Network Department at JSC Ufanet
Support has standard procedures and rules. It was provided at a good level.
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MemphisGuy
Network Services Manager at a educational organization
It's been great. They generally call if there is any issue.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at Kanal 75
Technical support is very helpful and they call back if I miss them to follow up on any open cases.
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Anonymous User
Works at a computer software company
I have had great experiences with customer service and technical support.
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Anonymous User
IT Service Supervisor at VIP Technology Solutions Group
Tech support has been fantastic. Always willing to help no matter what time of day/night. I've never had to have an...
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Anonymous User
Works
The support provided is very prompt.
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Matt_Thomas
Network Manager at Riverston Schools
They are great at monitoring. The Proactive Premium Support has helped to free up an employee, as I'm the only one...
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Anonymous User
I.T. Director at MBI
The few times I've ever engaged with technical support were for upgrades, and it was always pretty painless, with the...
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Николай Фокин
Works at Cloud4y.ru #1 корпоративный облачный провайдер
We are satisfied by the level of service we got almost six years ago and continue to receive. We were surprised to...
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Gregory McGrady
PC Network Specialist at Watauga County
I have not had to reach out to customer support, so my experience has been positive.
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Julian Clarke
Solution Architect at a tech services company
StarWind's technical support capabilities are very good. They're very responsive and very competent. So even in the...
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Poberezhnyy Maxim
Engineer at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Technical support is very competent in matters not only of the product but also of the features of the hypervisor and...
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HunterMorgan
Owner at Data Barn
We don't use the proactive part of support a whole lot but that's really because we're a very simple setup at the...
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Anonymous User
Director of IT at a computer software company
StarWind support is excellent. They are very knowledgeable and thorough.
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Anonymous User
Web Services and Systems Development at a non-profit
I never felt rushed while I had to install additional host NIC cards and they walked me through every step of the...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at inSync Computer Solutions
We had one issue with a part failing, and we were informed by support before we even knew. The part and on-site...
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Lukasz Z.
VMware Administrator, VMware vExpert at a financial services firm
Very good. I've got standard support but the reaction time is always 1-2 hours.
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Anonymous User
Director Of Information Technology at a outsourcing company
Technical support has been willing to help and train even on simple questions.
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Anonymous User
Network And Systems Administrator at a financial services firm
The few times I reached out to technical support, my issues were solved in minuets, not hours.
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Indeep G
Senior Systems Administrator at Prism Economics & Analysis
Their customer support is pretty quick a they respond usually in 24 hours and they will jump on a remote session to...
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GrzegorzEBX
Owner at ElectronicsBox.com.pl
Support is on a high level.
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Nikos Chavenetidis
Technical Department Manager at ACS SA
In one problem that I with the performance, they gave me a solution very quickly using a remote session.
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Stefanos Evangelou
Cloud Architect at a tech services company
The customer service and sales team have been very responsive and helpful throughout the evaluation of the product.
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Kristopher Skully
Systems Administrator at Hospice of the Western Reserve
So far, the little that I've worked with tech support, they seem to be pretty great. We also bought a backup server...
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Anonymous User
DevOps Director at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
It was great working with technical support. They took the time to address everything I needed to know.
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Matthew Henson
Owner at Split Digital LLC
When I've had a problem, I have had someone respond almost immediately. If not picking up the phone and helping me...
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