StarWind VSAN licensing options
Posted by Taras Shved on
January 23, 2019
Explanation
| Feature | Virtual SAN Free | Virtual SAN for Hyper-V | VSAN for vSphere | VTL Free | VTL Pay-As-You-Go | Virtual SAN NFR |
| # of nodes | up to 3 | 1 and more | 1 and more | 1 | 1 and more | 2 |
| Synchronous replication | 2-way and 3-way synchronous replicas | 2-way and 3-way synchronous replicas | 2-way and 3-way synchronous replicas | No | No | 2-way synchronous replica |
| Asynchronous replication | Yes | Option for 1+1, 2+1, 3+1 scenarios | No | No | No | Yes |
| Storage capacity for single-node devices | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage capacity for replicated devices | Unlimited | By license | Unlimited | N/A | N/A | Unlimited |
| Flat, LSFS, RAM Disk, Virtual CD/DVD | Yes | Yes | Yes, except LSFS | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| VTL | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cloud Replication for VTL | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tape redirector | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Disk Bridge | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| GUI – Monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GUI – Management | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Other limitations | All servers in StarWind cluster must have the same license.
Free license can’t be installed on the system where trial license has been used. |
All servers in StarWind cluster must have the same license | All servers in StarWind cluster must have the same license. | Free license can’t be installed on the system where trial license has been used. | No limitations | License transfer to any third party, including the user’s company, is strictly prohibited.
All servers in StarWind cluster must have the same license |
Important notes
1. There are no restrictions in StarWind License Agreement regarding the use of free licenses in production scenarios.
2. After installing StarWind Virtual SAN Free and creating HA devices, you can connect and use them in any environment like Microsoft Windows, VMWare ESXi or Citrix XenServer or all of these together at the same time.
* Free products are supported only via the StarWind Online Community forum.
** NFR license owners should contact their account manager directly if support is required.
Request a Product Feature
To request a new product feature or to provide feedback on a StarWind product, please email to our support at support@starwind.com and put “Request a Product Feature” as the subject.