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System Requirements

StarWind Software solutions consist of two components: StarWind Service and StarWind Management Console (GUI). Complete installations will install both components. Custom installations will install either component. Minimum and recommended hardware requirements and supported operating systems for StarWind storage virtualization solutions are listed below.

StarWind VMware Backup Plug-in

VMware Backup Infrastructure

Platforms
  • vSphere 5.x
  • vSphere 4.x
Hosts
  • ESX(i) 5.x
  • ESX(i) 4.x

VMware Virtual Machines

Virtual hardware
All virtual hardware versions are supported.

Guest operating systems
All operating systems supported by VMware.

File systems
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • ReFS
  • ext2
  • ext3
  • ext4
Software
VMware Tools (optional)

Backup Server

Minimum hardware requirements
  • CPU: any x86-64 processor
  • RAM: 4 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 100 MB for product
    installation
  • Network: 1 Gbps or higher LAN
Operating systems
StarWind VMware Backup Plug-in supports 64-bit versions of:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 8
  • Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Management Console

Management console can be installed on any server/PC/laptop running Windows XP or higher.

StarWind Hyper-V Backup Plug-in

Hyper-V Backup Infrastructure

Platforms
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard,
    Enterprise, Datacenter
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Virtual hardware
All virtual hardware versions are supported.

Guest operating systems
All operating systems supported by Hyper-V are supported.

File systems
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • ReFS
  • ext2
  • ext3
  • ext4
Software
Hyper-V integration components (optional)

Backup Server

Minimum hardware requirements
  • CPU: any x86-64 processor
  • RAM: 4 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 100 MB for product
    installation
  • Network: 1 Gbps or higher LAN
Operating systems
StarWind Hyper-V Backup Plug-in supports 64-bit versions of:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 8
  • Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Management Console

Management console can be installed on any server/PC/laptop running Windows XP or higher.

Please fill out the form below to download the product. An installer link together with the license key will be sent to the e-mail address that you’ve specified. You may check the Free vs. Paid document if you are unsure about which StarWind Virtual SAN version you would like to try. Aside from this, there is a totally unrestricted NFS (Not For Sale) version of StarWind VSAN available for certain use cases. StarWind Virtual SAN for Hyper-V release notes are available here.