Evaluation Software

The key to simple SAN management is LeftHand’s SAN/iQ® software and our Virtual SAN Appliance, which aggregate disparate resources into a single, larger storage system. Award-winning software is at the heart of every LeftHand SAN, delivering a comprehensive, fully integrated feature set, including storage clustering, Network RAID, remote copy, snapshots, and thin provisioning to keep your data safe and always accessible.

See for yourself how easy it is to install and manage a LeftHand SAN. LeftHand has two free 30-day trial options that you can deploy in your own environment. No hardware required.

VSA for VMware ESX: Full Evaluation Version
Create a fully functional LeftHand SAN using the internal storage on your VMware ESX servers with VSA. This evaluation version presents SAN/iQ software as a virtual machine, so that you can implement a fully functional, virtual iSCSI SAN on existing VMware servers.

Evaluate a LeftHand SAN in Your Data Center
Before you make your purchase, download VSA full evaluation software and you can:

Create storage clusters
Create and provision volumes
Connect servers
Replicate data between clusters
Test server virtualization HA features with integrated storage failover/failback

The 30-day trial software is capable of supporting up to 2TB per VSA. Cluster multiple VSAs together and create a single pool of storage comprising hundreds of terabytes of data.

VSA for Laptop Demos
If you are more interested in seeing SAN/iQ software in action than deploying a LeftHand SAN in your environment to test it, you can download the smallest and most portable version of our evaluation software.

Evaluate a LeftHand SAN on Your PC
Download the laptop demo version of SAN/iQ software to create a demo of a LeftHand SAN, which will allow you to:

Create storage clusters
Evaluate all LeftHand SAN storage management features
Perform demonstrations for your boss and colleagues

Multiple copies can be installed separately and run on a single laptop or desktop to simulate a LeftHand SAN. For 30 days, you can test drive simplified storage management including: space-efficient snapshots, thin provisioning, synchronous and asynchronous replication, automatic failover and failback.

Evaluation Software

VSA for VMware ESX: Full Evaluation Version

VSA for Laptop Demos