Share IT Limited ensures uninterrupted IT services delivery by creating a high availability (HA) storage cluster with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) deployment, Share IT Limited had a highly available (HA) IT infrastructure with physical HPE servers, clustered Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors, Cisco networks, firewalls, and switches, but storage remained a single point of failure. The company relied on single-node open-source storage arrays, which, while cost- effective, were unsuitable for production due to performance limitations and risks of data loss in case of power failure. RAM caching helped with performance but introduced the risk of corruption. Additionally, maintenance and patching required scheduled downtime, as there was no guarantee the storage would come back online.

Share IT Limited needed a cost-effective HA storage solution that would support real-time synchronous replication and allow easy maintenance.

Choosing StarWind meant that we finally had a solution that provided us with HA storage. We now have a storage cluster that performs significantly faster than our previous arrays.

Managing Director

SOLUTION

Share IT Limited chose StarWind VSAN because it enabled the company to create a reliable storage cluster and eliminate the risks associated with its single-node storage arrays. By providing synchronous replication, StarWind allowed the company to use RAM caching without fear of data loss.

The new 2-node StarWind cluster, connected via a dedicated 10GbE network, delivers iSCSI storage to both Hyper-V and VMware environments with significantly better performance. StarWind VSAN enabled seamless patching and maintenance without downtime while offering flexible deployment.