StarWind Becomes HP Partner

StarWind Software, Inc., in storage virtualization and iSCSI SAN software, announced it has joined the HP technology alliance program, HP Developer and Solution Partner Program. StarWind Software will work closely with HP to provide small and medium business customers the best performing and most cost-effective virtual storage solution on the market. By becoming an HP partner, StarWind is further enhancing its relationship with HP and is taking the step to integrate its StarWind iSCSI SAN software with HP servers such as HP ProLiant DL 380 G6 and HP BladeSystem to provide its channel partners with more choices and flexibility for their customers’ SAN and virtualization deployments.

"We are excited to work closely with HP to provide our joint solutions to customers. HP customers can now run StarWind software on high-performance HP servers for disaster recovery and virtualization projects," said Zorian Rotenberg, President and CEO, StarWind Software. "Our partnership with HP not only broadens our reach but also provides HP customers with one of the most advanced, reliable and affordable iSCSI SAN software solutions available today."

StarWind iSCSI SAN Server 4.0, is a cost-effective, open iSCSI SAN software solution that can be installed on a high-performance server such as the HP ProLiant DL 380 G6, converting it into a reliable, powerful, and full-featured SAN. Designed to work with leading virtualization solutions such as VMware ESX, StarWind iSCSI SAN software supports the full line of HP ProLiant servers listed within VMware ESX Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). The combination of HP Proliant DL 380 with its hot-plug, high-performance, serial-attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives and StarWind iSCSI SAN software is an ideal choice for high I/O and transactional applications such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Oracle. StarWind also supports HP-UX Unix iSCSI software initiator.

HP’s Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP) provides partners with technical and marketing assistance, designed to create new revenue and market opportunities for HP’s Business Partners and provide customers with robust fully tested solutions. The partnership provides StarWind with access to HP’s customers and partners and assures HP customers that StarWind iSCSI SAN has passed rigorous testing with HP servers.

HP customers can download StarWind iSCSI SAN 4.0 trial at the company website which takes less than 20 minutes to download and install.