StarWind Software

StarWind Software Inc. is a software development company incorporated in Burlington, Massachussets . StarWind Software manufactures software iSCSI target and initiator, eithet tool for converting images of virtual machines from VHD to VMDK and virsa versa.
History
StarWind as a product began its history in 2003. At that time StarWind was developed and maintained under Rocket Division company.

On February 3 2009 StarWind announced its spin-off from Rocket Division Inc. Since then Rocket Division continues to provide end-users with media burnings as well as software development kits (SDK) for media burning solutions. StarWind is focused on providing software iSCSI solutions for SMB markets all over the worldon a global basis.
iSCSI
In computing, iSCSI (), is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances. iSCSI can be used to transmit data over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the Internet and can enable location-independent data storage and retrieval. The protocol allows clients (called initiators) to send SCSI commands () to SCSI storage devices (targets) on remote servers. It is a popular storage area network (SAN) protocol, allowing organizations to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts (such as database and web servers) with the illusion of locally-attached disks. Unlike traditional Fibre Channel, which requires special-purpose cabling, iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure.
Products
Starwind Free
Free version of Starwind`s software. Has storage capacity limit to 2 Tb, and limited, compare to Enterprise Server, functionality.
Starwind VTL
Special virtual tape library edition of software.
Starwind Server
Advanced version of StarWind`s iSCSI target, which has no disaster recovery fuctionality.
StarWind Enterprise Server
The most advanced edition of software, supporting all kind of functions.
Starport Free
iSCSI and ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) initiator for Microsoft Windows.
StarWind V2V Converter
Free utility, allows to conert VMDK to VHD images and virsa versa.
 
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