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SAN: Unexpected

StarWind is a hyperconverged (HCI) vendor with focus on Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge

Find out how HCI cuts down virtualization costs and complexity

SAN: Unexpected

June 15, 2015
1 min read

Anton Kolomyeytsev

Anton Kolomyeytsev is StarWind CTO, Chief Architect & Co-Founder. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP] in Cluster 2014 & 2015. SMB3, NFS, iSCSI & iSER, NVMe over Fabrics.

I wonder what people have in heads when they pick up names for their businesses…

Hey! Found Anton’s article helpful? Looking to deploy a new, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective hyperconverged infrastructure?

Alex Bykovskyi StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance Product Manager

Well, we can help you with this one! Building a new hyperconverged environment is a breeze with StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA). It’s a complete hyperconverged infrastructure solution that combines hypervisor (vSphere, Hyper-V, Proxmox, or our custom version of KVM), software-defined storage (StarWind VSAN), and streamlined management tools. Interested in diving deeper into VHCA’s capabilities and features? Book your StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance demo today!