StarWind Software
{{Short description|American computer storage company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = StarWind Software Inc.
| logo = StarWind_Software_Inc._(logo).jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| type = Commercial
| industry = Computer software, Storage virtualization, Software-defined storage
| foundation = 2008
| founder =
| key_people = Anton Kolomyeytsev (CEO)
| location_city = Beverly, Massachusetts{{cite web|url=
https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/data-center/gartner-s-top-10-hyperconverged-hci-software-market-leaders/9 |title=Gartner's Top 10 Hyperconverged (HCI) Software Market Leaders |website=CRN |date=December 16, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2021}}
| location_country = U.S.
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.starwindsoftware.com/}}
}}
StarWind Software, Inc. is a privately held Beverly, Massachusetts-based computer software and hardware appliance company specializing in storage virtualization and software-defined storage.
History
StarWind Software began in 2008 as a spin-off from Rocket Division Software, Ltd. (founded in 2003){{cn|date=October 2024}}, with a round A{{cn|date=October 2024}} of investment from venture capital firm ABRT.{{Cite web
|url = http://www.ewdn.com/2014/05/08/far-from-politics-russian-money-still-fuels-us-startups/
|title = Far from politics, Russian money still fuels US startups
|author = Adrien Henni |work = East-West Digital News
}} It started providing early adopters with initially free software defined storage offerings in 2009, including its V2V (virtual-to-virtual) image converter and iSCSI SAN software.{{cite web
|url = http://www.infoworld.com/article/2632952/virtualization/starwind-provides-two-free-virtualization-solutions.html
|title = StarWind provides two free virtualization solutions
|author = David Marshall |work = InfoWorld
|date = 5 June 2009
|url = http://www.infostor.com/index/blogs_new/dave_simpson_storage/blogs/infostor/dave_simpson_storage/post987_6202480.html
|title = StarWind offers free iSCSI software
|author = Dave Simpson |work = Infostor
|date = 21 May 2024
|url = https://www.itprotoday.com/server-virtualization/converting-hyper-v-vms-vmware
|title = Converting Hyper-V VMs to VMware
|author = Rod Trent |work = IT Pro Today
|date = 2 June 2014
|url = http://www.datacenterjournal.com/diy-converged-server-software-defined-storage-budget-lenovo-ts140
|title = DIY converged server software defined storage on a budget
|author = Greg Schulz |work = Data Center Journal
}}
In 2013, hard drive manufacturer Western Digital began integrating StarWind's iSCSI engine with some of the company's Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances.{{cite web
|url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/25/review_wd_sentinel_dx4000/
|title = Western Digital Sentinel DX4000
|author = Trevor Pott |work = The Register
|date=April 25, 2013
|access-date=April 9, 2021
}}
In April 2016, StarWind was selected by research firm Gartner as one of its 2016 "Cool Vendors for Compute Platforms".{{cite web
|url = https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/3295517
|title = Cool Vendors for Compute Platforms, 2016
|publisher = Gartner
}}
In February 2020, StarWind's Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) software StarWind VSAN set performance benchmarks for off the shelf commodity hardware.{{cite web|url=https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2020/02/starwind-virtual-san-software-hci-performance-record/ |title=StarWind Virtual SAN Software HCI Performance Record |website=VIrtualization How To |date=February 28, 2020 |access-date=April 10, 2021}} In December, StarWind was named to Gartner's Magic Quadrant for HCI software.
In March 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported how the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was affecting technology firms with a significant presence in Ukraine, including StarWind.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-tech-startups-pivot-from-software-code-to-rescue-plans-11647781202 |title=Ukraine Tech Startups Pivot From Software Code to Rescue Plans |first1=Heather |last1=Somerville |website=Wall Street Journal|date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022}}{{subscription required|date=March 2022}} Once the invasion was imminent, the company helped its employees move out of the country, including relocating 60 of the 180 workers from its Kyiv, Ukraine office to Wroclaw, Poland. The company also reportedly doubled the salaries of employees who enlisted in the Ukrainian army.
In May 2025, StarWind was acquired by DataCore Software.{{Cite web |last=Zwets |first=Berry |date=2025-05-21 |title=DataCore completes HCI offering with acquisition of StarWind |url=https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/infrastructure/131617/datacore-completes-hci-offering-with-acquisition-of-starwind/}}
Products
StarWind develops "standards-based storage virtualization and management software that will run on any x86 platform".{{cite web
|url = http://www.informationweek.com/how-to-break-free-from-tier-1-san-vendors/d/d-id/1093724?
|title = How To Break Free From Tier 1 SAN Vendors
|author = Steve McMurray |work = InformationWeek
|date = 29 October 2010
}} Its software-defined storage software supports building iSCSI,{{Cite web
|url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg441250.aspx?ppud=4
|title = Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals.
|author = Greg Steen |work = Microsoft TechNet
|date = 8 September 2016
}} iSER, NVM Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF),{{cite web
|url = https://silvertonconsulting.com/blog/2018/09/25/screaming-san-performance/
|title = Screaming IOP performance with StarWind's new NVMeoF software & Optane SSDs
|author = Ray Lucchesi |work = Ray on Storage
|date = 26 September 2018
}} and {{cn span|NFSv3/v4 and SMB3 NAS using commodity hardware.|date=October 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.starwindsoftware.com/}}
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