Case Study: WerkplekCloud.nl achieves fault-tolerant, high-performance, cost-efficient Hyper-V storage with StarWind Software's Virtual SAN

StarWind Virtual SAN: providing necessary fault-tolerance and perfect performance to WerkplekCloud.nl

WerkplekCloud.nl provides hosted desktops and cloud workspaces to SMEs from a redundant HP-based platform in Groningen, with data duplicated across servers and daily off-site backups. The company needed an affordable, scalable, fault-tolerant storage solution for Hyper-V clusters that avoided extra hardware, vendor lock-in and potential performance degradation.

They deployed StarWind Virtual SAN on existing HP DL360 servers in active‑active clusters (two large iSCSI targets per cluster, 2GB cache per target), hosting Hyper-V VMs across ~20 servers for ~100 users. The software-based SAN delivered high performance, simplified deployment and management, improved fault tolerance without additional hardware costs, and resolved their redundancy and performance concerns.

WerkplekCloud.nl

Gerard de Bresser

Owner