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StarWind V2V / P2V Converter converts (sic!) virtual machines from one format to another, and turns physical machines into VMs as well. It simplifies transition between virtual environments, both public clouds and on-premises, making migration quick and frictionless. With on-the-fly, snapshot-based “direct” VM conversion between hypervisors, StarWind eliminates downtime and the burden of allocating intermediate space, saving valuable time and resources.

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Worried about the complexity of migrating between virtual environments? Running away from physical to virtual?
StarWind V2V Converter dramatically simplifies the process, saving time and money for more important things.

“The Ultimate Translator”

“The Ultimate Translator”

StarWind V2V Converter is your go-to VM translator, fluent in the “languages” every major virtualization platform “talks”. It’s a free, straightforward, yet powerful tool for converting virtual machines between hypervisors or migrating physical hosts to virtual environments.

Planning a move to the cloud or vice versa? No problem! StarWind V2V Converter supports seamless migrations to and from Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure, making cloud journey a breeze.

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Benefits

On the House
Free
No cost, no catch, no strings attached
100% free
Always in Game
100%
Source VM stays live during conversion
Downtime is eliminated
All Bets Won
5/5
Supports five major hypervisors
ESXi, Hyper-V, oVirt, Proxmox, VirtualBox

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Physical-to-virtual conversion

In today’s IT landscape, most infrastructures, including those of major cloud providers, are nearly 100% virtualized. However, standalone physical servers still exist, awaiting conversion into virtual machines (VMs). Migrating these physical servers to virtual environments can be challenging, but StarWind V2V Converter makes it effortless. It transforms physical machines into VMs in the desired hypervisor format with ease.

What’s more, StarWind V2V Converter is completely free and designed to make the migration process as error-free as possible, preserving data integrity and minimizing downtime. It eliminates the need for manual setup and reduces the risk of errors, ensuring a smooth and seamless transition to a fully virtualized environment.

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Virtual-to-virtual conversion

Modern physical servers are incredibly powerful, running hypervisors that host multiple virtual machines (VMs). However, each hypervisor uses its own file format for these VMs, which can complicate migrations between different platforms.

This is where StarWind V2V Converter steps in. As the name suggests, it converts a VM from one hypervisor format to another, ensuring compatibility with your new environment. The benefits? It’s completely free and incredibly easy to use. You’ll save time by avoiding the need to recreate VMs from scratch, and you’ll minimize the risk of errors from manual conversions. With StarWind V2V Converter, migrating VMs between hypervisors is no longer a challenge.

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Physical-to-virtual conversion

In today’s IT landscape, most infrastructures, including those of major cloud providers, are nearly 100% virtualized. However, standalone physical servers still exist, awaiting conversion into virtual machines (VMs). Migrating these physical servers to virtual environments can be challenging, but StarWind V2V Converter makes it effortless. It transforms physical machines into VMs in the desired hypervisor format with ease.

What’s more, StarWind V2V Converter is completely free and designed to make the migration process as error-free as possible, preserving data integrity and minimizing downtime. It eliminates the need for manual setup and reduces the risk of errors, ensuring a smooth and seamless transition to a fully virtualized environment.

Learn more
Virtual-to-virtual conversion

Modern physical servers are incredibly powerful, running hypervisors that host multiple virtual machines (VMs). However, each hypervisor uses its own file format for these VMs, which can complicate migrations between different platforms.

This is where StarWind V2V Converter steps in. As the name suggests, it converts a VM from one hypervisor format to another, ensuring compatibility with your new environment. The benefits? It’s completely free and incredibly easy to use. You’ll save time by avoiding the need to recreate VMs from scratch, and you’ll minimize the risk of errors from manual conversions. With StarWind V2V Converter, migrating VMs between hypervisors is no longer a challenge.

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Features

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Source-to-Target Conversion
StarWind performs direct conversions without creating extra copies. No additional space required.
“Hot” VM Migration
Zero source VM downtime is ensured by keeping it running while synchronizing data changes with the new VM copy.
Multiple VM formats
StarWind V2V Converter supports all popular VM file formats, including VHD/VHDX, VMDK, QCOW2, and IMG.
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Features

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“Hot” VM Migration
Zero source VM downtime is ensured by keeping it running while synchronizing data changes with the new VM copy.
Multiple VM formats
StarWind V2V Converter supports all popular VM file formats, including VHD/VHDX, VMDK, QCOW2, and IMG.
Source-to-Target Conversion
StarWind performs direct conversions without creating extra copies. No additional space required.
“Hot” VM Migration
Zero source VM downtime is ensured by keeping it running while synchronizing data changes with the new VM copy.
Multiple VM formats
StarWind V2V Converter supports all popular VM file formats, including VHD/VHDX, VMDK, QCOW2, and IMG.
Source-to-Target Conversion
StarWind performs direct conversions without creating extra copies. No additional space required.
“Hot” VM Migration
Zero source VM downtime is ensured by keeping it running while synchronizing data changes with the new VM copy.

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Reviews. Reviewed by opinion leaders

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4.9 / 5
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked as #1 Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solution for mid-market and small businesses.
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4.9 / 5
StarWind’s exceptional ease of use and top-notch support mean no less than 4.9/5.0 stars on Spiceworks.
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StarWind SAN & NAS outperforms expectations in a benchmark involving GRAID and Fibre Channel.
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StarWind breaks all common stereotypes about HCI making it high-performant, compact, and attractively priced.
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4.8 / 5
StarWind is the only vendor recognized as a Customers' Choice in 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
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4.9 / 5
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked as #1 Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solution for mid-market and small businesses.
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4.9 / 5
StarWind’s exceptional ease of use and top-notch support mean no less than 4.9/5.0 stars on Spiceworks.
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StarWind SAN & NAS outperforms expectations in a benchmark involving GRAID and Fibre Channel.
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StarWind breaks all common stereotypes about HCI making it high-performant, compact, and attractively priced.
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4.8 / 5
StarWind is the only vendor recognized as a Customers' Choice in 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
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4.9 / 5
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked as #1 Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solution for mid-market and small businesses.
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4.9 / 5
StarWind’s exceptional ease of use and top-notch support mean no less than 4.9/5.0 stars on Spiceworks.
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Success stories. 300+ featured from more than 63,800 customers

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Srinivas Kouda
Company Representative
We are satisfied with StarWind. The support is really fantastic. Whenever any issue arises, the response is very prompt, and solution is immediate.
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John Oates
Infrastructure Manager
StarWind is robust, willing to work with us and had faster response than other companies.
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Vass Sandor
IT Infrastructure Leader
We were able to build 2-node storage clusters based on virtualization in 19 hypermarkets without any problems and with high cost-efficiency.
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Craig Prosser
Head of IT Infrastructure
StarWind technology provides a highly available storage cluster with minimal server requirements..
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The Bosch Security Systems
Company Representative
StarWind was used to provide redundancy on just 2 nodes, reduce the overall cost of high availability infrastructure, lower power consumption, and build a Hyper-V failover cluster without a hardware SAN.
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David Gardner
Information Systems Manager
By being able to virtualize our environment with StarWind, we were able to retire some old hardware, get our services highly available, reduce power consumption and heat in our server closet.
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Ryan Fulton
Company’s Representative
StarWind got us off the clustered environment, which was a big help. So, I could regain control of my storage and reclaim and redistribute the space we desperately needed.
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John Harris
Windows System Administrator
We chose StarWind Mainly because of the cost compared to other vendors. Simplicity of setup was also a major factor and I like the fact that you don’t need a vendor certified engineer to perform ...
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Željko Medić
Director of IT Department
Because of recommendations of older colleagues, with StarWind, we got a reliable storage with no additional hardware.
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Joe Gursky
Director of IT
StarWind is the best storage product I have ever used! It satisfies and exceeds requirements.
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Ciprian Visa
Company’s Representative
StarWind improved troubleshooting, the way of control and support.
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Jim Crawford
Data Center Manager
StarWind is an outstanding solution that drastically increased our cloud availability and improved disk I/O.
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