IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH enhances its operational efficiency by building a high-availability storage cluster around StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH faced issues with its Windows Server infrastructure, which was virtualized on Hyper-V and relied on DFS Replication to synchronize servers. This setup was not only slow but also prone to errors, causing operational inefficiencies and delays.

The company needed a highly available (HA) solution that could serve as a central data store for its virtual machines (VMs) and applications without resorting to an expensive hardware SAN. As IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH explored its options, it became clear that a VSAN would meet its goals, ensuring data availability and operational stability.

The solution from StarWind is much more powerful than the previous one. The whole system is running great, and the data transfer rates are excellent.

Martin Wilke,
Company Representative

SOLUTION

IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH selected StarWind VSAN because it provided an HA storage infrastructure without the need for buying physical SAN hardware. With the help of StarWind VSAN, a virtual storage cluster was created, ensuring reliable data replication and seamless synchronization across their servers. The company also benefited from StarWind‘s caching technology, which was tailored for its intensive virtual workloads, ensuring uninterrupted high- speed performance.

With StarWind, IBAR Systemtechnik GmbH not only met but exceeded its goal of achieving a fast and fault-tolerant environment.