In December 2020, the HCI landscape witnessed another shift with big player Microsoft stepping into the arena with their latest hyperconverged storage solution, Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. This entry garnered lots of attention, with the company promising a powerful solution that integrated tightly with their existing cloud service product, Microsoft Azure. However, it has also marked the beginning of the [...]
StorMagic SvSAN keeps data always available and eliminates downtime. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud keeps data protected and recoverable. Service providers can now offer a simple, flexible, reliable hyperconverged storage solution that requires only two servers for high availability along with class-leading backup and recovery. Easily expand your offerings with a High Availability + Data Protection solution from StorMagic and [...]
Since Broadcom acquired VMware, IT executives, system administrators and storage engineers have been looking around, wondering whether they need to start thinking about alternatives. For many of them, their organizations will be heavily reliant on VMware products for virtualization and high availability. While some may be able to absorb licensing changes and price hikes, others are less confident, and consequently [...]
In March 2024, StorMagic released its latest update to Edge Control, the cloud-based monitoring and management tool for StorMagic SvSAN. The release marks a step-change improvement for large enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Offering enhanced capabilities, this new update introduced the multi-orchestrator, a new feature that caters directly to the core needs of these users, streamlining infrastructure management, and [...]
Following the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, many dissatisfied VMware users have been forced to adapt or reassess their virtualization infrastructure. Many do not have the budget or need to purchase VMware’s Cloud Foundation (VCF) or vSphere Foundation (VVF) package bundles. Naturally, this has forced these otherwise loyal customers to explore alternative storage virtualization options. A powerful hypervisor, Microsoft [...]
Did you know that most disasters are localized to a specific room, building, or campus? Similarly, the majority of maintenance and repairs are completed in a single location too. These more frequent events often create significant disruption for IT operations. Luckily, this disruption can be reduced or eliminated through the use of stretch clusters. Join us for an in-depth navigation [...]
Are you battling with the complexities and lack of redundancy in physical SAN or NAS solutions? Are you struggling to keep your enterprise apps and data online and highly available with latency, and bandwidth issues at your distributed or edge sites? Or perhaps you’re stuck with expensive vendor lock-ins and restrictive compatibility lists, and are on the search for a [...]
In the world of banks and finance, IT challenges are all too common, particularly when it comes to legacy hardware. With high running costs, snail-paced transfer speeds, disruptive downtime, and looming cyber threats, it’s no surprise that many are turning to more modernized solutions like virtualized systems. If you’re interested in exploring the industry’s shift in this direction, we’ve got [...]
Been keeping up with the news lately? If so, you'll already be aware that the VMware acquisition by Broadcom was officially completed late last year. As we all predicted, this has created significant disruption, resulting in significant layoffs, changes to the structure and cost of licenses for their 500,000+ existing customers, and the closure of VMware’s partner program. Many [...]
The news that Broadcom acquired VMware has been widely reported and dissected by experts, media outlets and other companies alike. At StorMagic we recognize VMware’s position within the virtual SAN market and believe that our offering, SvSAN is an ideal alternative or replacement for organizations concerned by the uncertainty surrounding VMware and vSAN. As the infographic shows, adding an ‘S’ [...]
Today’s organizations are generating more data at the edge than ever before, having to come up with new, creative ways to process and manage it in a cost-effective, efficient manner. Government agencies are no exception to this trend. However, when it comes to data storage, they do have unique requirements in terms of compliance and regulations, accessibility, and IT support. [...]
In the ever-evolving landscape of Information Technology (IT), the role of virtualization has become indispensable, and at the heart of this transformative technology lie hypervisors. Also known as virtual machine monitors, hypervisors play a pivotal role in enabling the creation and management of multiple virtual environments on a single physical server. As organizations increasingly seek to optimize resource utilization, enhance [...]
Cisco has announced the end-of-life of its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure product. It is a resource-intensive and expensive solution, designed for the datacenter. Its replacement, Nutanix software running on Cisco hardware, is similarly architected. So for SMBs and multi-site organizations deploying in edge computing environments, surely there must be a better alternative? As our infographic shows, that alternative is StorMagic SvSAN. [...]
What if your edge-to-cloud solution could keep your company’s data safe from ransomware attacks, scale with you as you do, and didn’t cost a small fortune to deploy?… Coming together again, StorMagic and HPE have created another groundbreaking joint solution that brings together the best of both edge and cloud storage and achieves exactly that. StorMagic’s Bruce Kornfeld and [...]
About NISC National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) is an information technology company that develops and supports software and hardware solutions for their member-owners who are primarily utility cooperatives and broadband companies across the United States. NISC is an industry leader providing advanced, integrated IT solutions for consumer and subscriber billing, accounting, engineering and operations, as well as many other [...]
The announcement of Cisco’s HyperFlex’s end-of-life has stirred up feelings of concern and uncertainty across its customer base. Right now there are a number of vendors promising to be the ‘perfect replacement’ for the HyperFlex. So it comes as no surprise that many are experiencing confusion and anxiety over who will actually deliver on their promises, and who is [...]
StorMagic SvSAN is now validated with HPE GreenLake for Backup and Recovery, and HPE StoreOnce. This allows organizations to build solutions that deliver data protection and high availability at the edge and beyond, and overcome many of the common challenges with backup and recovery of data, especially in remote environments. Our infographic below shows the highlights of this joint HPE [...]
Digital transformation is underway across almost every industry, regardless of organization size. Some adopted early and are seeing the benefits, including the uses of new technologies and myriad of data and insights provided. Others are earlier in the process, with some implementations in place and others on the horizon. Much of the digital transformation starts at the edge, where [...]
StorMagic has an exciting new offering for our SvSAN users: StorMagic Edge Control. A hyperconverged storage monitoring and management tool, Edge Control was built to simplify the monitoring and administration of SvSAN VSAs. Our latest solution also allows organizations to view the status of VSAs, easily make changes from anywhere, and overall, unlock a step-change improvement in the management [...]
What is the right number of nodes for software-defined storage server clusters? Is a single node enough to create a reliable and robust solution or is it better to have more? In this blog we’ll examine the use cases for one, two, and three-node software-defined storage solutions, their benefits, and their drawbacks. The Loneliest Number – Why is a single-node [...]
After much anticipation, we’re thrilled to announce the release of our latest product, StorMagic Edge Control. Able to simplify the administration of all SvSAN clusters, StorMagic Edge Control is an advanced hyperconverged storage monitoring and management tool that allows users to view the status of their clusters and easily make changes from anywhere. In this blog, we’ll be taking you [...]
Easily Monitor and Manage All SvSAN Clusters StorMagic Edge Control is the centralized monitoring and management tool for StorMagic SvSAN. It is designed to simplify the way in which an organization administers all of their SvSAN hyperconverged storage clusters, wherever they are located. Individual SvSAN VSA (virtual storage appliance) statuses can be viewed, and changes can be made, from [...]
StorMagic Edge Control is the tool organizations use to manage and monitor all of their SvSAN highly available hyperconverged storage clusters. As a cloud-based web console, Edge Control can be accessed by any device, anywhere in the world - it just needs an internet connection. So IT administrators can monitor performance, react to notifications, and take action on individual SvSAN [...]
Is your boss a little out of date when it comes to current virtual storage technology trends? Do they hate spending money on data storage, yet expect a flawless solution with zero unplanned downtime?... And worse still, do they think a monolithic physical SAN is the best storage option to help your organization achieve its data storage goals? If so, [...]
As the demands for enterprise storage continue to expand and the digital landscape shifts, so too does the need for innovative solutions that streamline operations, enhance data management, and improve overall efficiency. The technology of choice that’s emerged as a game changer in the digital storage space is the virtual storage appliance (sometimes referred to as VSA) which has dominated [...]
Regional or nationwide retail organizations have hundreds or even thousands of stores. With each store reliant on applications and services to stay open, that’s a lot of data and IT infrastructure to manage and maintain. StorMagic SvSAN is the chosen solution of some of the United States’ largest retailers, to keep systems online and stores open. In this infographic we [...]
How does StorMagic SvSAN address the challenges faced by retail businesses around IT infrastructure and in-store modernization? Retailers are adopting many new technologies and are faced with increasing demands on computing power, and capacity for data storage. There is therefore a need for a lightweight solution that can provide retail organizations with the simplicity, flexibility and reliability to keep data [...]
For this infographic, we spoke with some of the retail organizations using StorMagic SvSAN to see what they thought of the software, and how it helps them with the modernization of their retail operations. Read quotes from Sheetz Inc., Giant Eagle, Autohaus Gruppe Seitz and allnatura, and see how regardless of the size or type of the business, and the [...]
What is the future of retail technology? And amongst all the noise and hype, which technologies should retail IT leaders be focused on? In this retail infographic, we showcase some of those which look most promising for future investment, categorized into broad sections like infrastructure, and analytics. With the modernization of the retail store, in-store IT infrastructure needs to modernize [...]
StorMagic SvSAN is simple hyperconverged storage that eliminates downtime, delivering cost-effective high availability with only two servers. SvSAN is designed to be very simple to install and manage, and the technology is based on software-defined storage that eliminates the need for physical SANs. SvSAN is installed as a virtual storage appliance (VSA) on top of a hypervisor, and creates highly [...]
StorMagic SvSAN: Simple hyperconverged storage StorMagic SvSAN is a virtual SAN - a software-defined solution designed to run on two or more servers and deliver highly available hyperconverged storage. SvSAN simplifies your IT infrastructure. It eliminates the need for a physical SAN by virtualizing the internal compute and storage of any x86 server and presenting it via a hypervisor [...]
Eliminating application downtime for distributed enterprise One of the greatest challenges for multi-site organizations is to ensure the uptime and availability of business-critical applications in edge or remote environments where IT infrastructure is limited. This becomes even more challenging as organizations strive to reduce capital and operating expense. This is now achievable through combining the leading, software-defined storage solution [...]
The 'Edge in a Box' from StorMagic and Schneider Electric There are many advantages to edge locations, remote and branch offices, and small datacenters processing data onsite. These include reduced latency that enables ‘smart processes’ using IoT processors, as well as a low cost and easy to manage method of running mission critical applications. To do so effectively requires [...]
Overview Many organizations nowadays are heavily dependent on IT for everyday operations, and as such, the availability and uptime of these systems is critically important. Loss of service equates to loss of productivity which, depending on the severity, can have a huge impact on an organization. Adding high availability to a business’s infrastructure is like adding in an insurance [...]
Container Adoption Is on The Rise Organizations utilize containers to improve speed, agility, and scalability in application deployment. Containers: Provide more apps per single OS instance Require little memory and launch quickly Require less hardware and physical space Accelerate time-to-value Enhance developer productivity According to Gartner, over 85% of global organizations will be using container applications in production by [...]
Industry-leading innovation, performance and reliability. StorMagic SvSAN and HPE ProLiant make virtualized storage simple.
For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), the rapid shift of today’s digital landscape has never been more challenging. But as technology continues to push forward rapidly, so must the businesses using it. Today, companies need to consistently keep up with change or risk no longer being able to provide the services needed to remain relevant in this hyper-competitive world – [...]
Retailers deploying IT infrastructure in their stores and distributed sites are being invariably hit with a number of challenges… First; the age-old challenge of finding in-store IT infrastructure that’s simple to deploy and manage. Next; limited budgets and resources put many solutions on the market out of reach, particularly for smaller chains and those with single sites. And finally; [...]
As cities become smarter, vehicles become autonomous, and technology permeates every aspect of our lives, enterprise-generated data continues to migrate away from the traditional datacenter to distributed sites, also known as the network edge. According to Gartner research, roughly 10% of enterprise-generated data is created and processed at the edge, with this number predicted to jump to 75% by 20251 [...]
Organizations are always looking to improve storage performance. Driven either by a desire to take advantage of the latest technology, or maximize the potential of their existing hardware, there is a continual push for better and for faster. In the past, the cost of flash storage was a barrier for most. Over the years however, that cost has come [...]
The amount, and continued growth, of data in healthcare is profound and promising. The capabilities associated with this data generation are part of the digital transformation of healthcare. New and expanded uses of technologies, such as AI, wearables, and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) creates more data from more places and more devices, all with the potential to [...]
Let’s face it. Data loss and corruption are issues no successful organization can tolerate, especially where unplanned downtime and maintenance are concerned. Many solutions on the market offer protection through overprovisioned architecture, forcing users to deploy 4 or even 5 servers per highly available cluster to tolerate a failure and still maintain high availability. This can put a massive [...]
There’s much debate about edge computing vs. cloud computing. Headlines such as “Is Edge Computing the Future of Cloud?” and “Edge vs Cloud: Replace or Coexist?” send confused readers off on endless Google searches, for answers to these trigger questions. In this blog we’ll be delving into the key differences between these two very common deployment models, which is best [...]
Business Challenge: WST Präzisionstechnik GmbH is a leading manufacturer of milled and turned parts and supplies in the German market. It specializes in the production of synchronous machining tools, producing 25 million parts in 1,500 custom designs annually. WST previously used DataCore SANsymphony to store application data from key IT sources, including its CRM, SQL databases, file services, telecommunication [...]
Business Challenge: Witholz is a modern production and service company, specializing in timber construction, and the production of wooden beams. The manufacturer delivers everything from one-off bespoke orders to mass produced wood, and a variety of related joinery components, all from a single source. Witholz GmbH previously used a physical SAN, an HPE MSA 2040 high-performance storage array, for [...]
StorMagic SvSAN is trusted by many manufacturers in Germany to keep production lines running and factories operational. Our German manufacturing infographic below explains why five of them chose SvSAN. In addition to the five examples in the infographic below, read through more of our manufacturing case studies such as Ontex BVBA, Keiser Corp and CAE S.p.A. For more information on [...]
Organizations operating with legacy hardware in distributed sites and at the network edge face a growing number of issues relating to deployment, maintenance, and cost. StorMagic understands these challenges and has been tailoring edge computing solutions to meet these unique requirements for over a decade. Explicitly built with harsh, remote environments in mind, our virtual SAN solution, SvSAN, delivers users [...]
In-store operations are the lifeblood of most retailers, from the smallest to the largest. From stockroom to showroom, shelf to scanner, in-store processes and systems make the business of retail work. A variety of applications (POS, video surveillance, stock control, and more) capture and supply the data that not only report on what was, but provide information on what [...]
Performance, modernization, and the rapid explosion of data at the edge are some of the greatest issues plaguing organizations using legacy hardware today. In need of an all-in-one solution to upgrade their outdated infrastructure, many have looked to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) as a solution. Now found in a myriad of locations including the datacenter, private and hybrid cloud, distributed [...]
The amount of data being created and stored at the edge is expanding rapidly, bringing with it the many challenges associated with operating in these environments, and causing more and more to turn to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) as a solution. Today, HCI is used in a myriad of locations including datacenters, the private cloud, hybrid cloud, distributed enterprises, and small [...]
The 2023-24 DCIG TOP 5 Rising Vendors for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Software Solutions report contains the highest-rated vendors by analyst firm DCIG and is a valuable resource for organizations looking to evaluate HCI software vendors. Our infographic below explains the key details of the report, and for a full explanation, you can download the entire report here. In the report, [...]
About Charles Russell Speechlys Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is an international law firm which focuses on private capital, at the intersection of personal, family and business. It is headquartered in London with offices across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Business Challenge Charles Russell Speechlys previously used VMware vSAN to manage its business level applications, including domain [...]
IT is critical to a law firm and downtime is not an option. As well as lost productivity and revenue, downtime can also lead to loss of data, which can be difficult to recover. Very private personal data needs to be accessible and available at all times, for cases that are often time-sensitive. IT applications and systems in the legal [...]
Distributed, remote IT environments, also known as the “edge” have grown significantly in recent years. In parallel, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has become a common “household” solution for most organizations looking to modernize their IT systems. But are HCI solutions really a viable option for edge sites considering space, resources, and connectivity are often in short supply there? If these [...]
There is much talk about the digital transformation of manufacturing – Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Smart Factories, etc. – and rightfully so. These transitions and transformations are, and will be, having major implications for manufacturers of all types and sizes. At the beginning, end, and throughout these changes and implementations there is one common denominator – data, and its [...]
Virtually all organizations are now completely reliant on IT for everyday operations, and as such the availability and uptime of these systems is critically important. Loss of service equates to loss of productivity which, depending on the severity, can have a potentially huge impact. This is important as IT shifts from the datacenter to include distributed, edge computing at [...]
Our world is constantly growing and evolving. By 2050, the human population is predicted to jump up to a whopping 10.8 billion people, with 68% living in urban environments. Consequently, there is increasing pressure to invest in more sustainable ways of living, like developing smart cities, that harness the power of the cloud and edge computing. Artificial Intelligence (AI), the [...]
With the advent of mobile connectivity, bring-your-own-devices, working from home, and this unilateral shift from on-premises to the cloud, the very way we consume and work with our data on a day-to-day basis has changed and is continually shifting. We’re used to these buzzwords being thrown at us from all angles, none more so lately than edge computing. But what [...]
A highly available virtual SAN product such as SvSAN ensures manufacturing facilities do not suffer from crippling periods of downtime that interrupt production flows and processes, and ultimately impact revenue. ERP systems, robot control and monitoring, building automation, forklift telemetry, video surveillance, and IoT are all examples of onsite applications that might require local storage and data processing. Our infographic [...]
About Eugen Forschner GmbH Eugen Forschner GmbH develops and designs technology for the automotive industries, prepares it for series production and makes it available worldwide. It is a manufacturer of many products, including technology for high voltage systems, cabling systems and scr-systems. Business Challenge: Forschner previously used a physical SAN solution, the HPE MSA, a high performance storage array [...]