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Why Build Your Own Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution?

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) combines computing, networking, and storage resources into a single datacenter architecture. What is a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution? This software-driven model eliminates dedicated hardware by creating flexible storage across multiple nodes. Each node runs a virtualization layer that consolidates and distributes resources throughout the cluster, forming a unified storage system. Software-defined networking (SDN) and load-balancing tools optimize request [...]

Achieving Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in Enterprise Edge IT

This white paper introduces hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), the ideal solution for enterprise edge environments. We’ll explore how HCI is the hidden opportunity to achieve a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and future-proof your IT. What’s Included: Today’s Market Analysis – Why is cost reduction important in today’s enterprise edge environments? What is HCI? – Its features and key [...]

Infographic: Say Hello to the New SvHCI 2.0 Features

We’re excited to announce StorMagic SvHCI 2.0. The latest updates to our hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software provide greater simplicity and enterprise-grade reliability, with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in today’s HCI market. Learn more about the latest product updates within our new infographic below. The Key New Features of SvHCI 2.0 VM-level Snapshots: Get crash-consistent recovery snapshots that [...]

Infographic: Why Choose StorMagic for the Enterprise Edge?

For large enterprises pursuing growth, StorMagic offers powerful enterprise edge solutions that are simple to use, reliable, and cost-effective. By streamlining edge IT infrastructure, we can help your organization focus on what truly matters – driving innovation and enabling you to scale. See why StorMagic is the best choice for your enterprise edge needs in our infographic. Our solutions provide [...]

Why Hyperconvergence? Explained for the Edge

Continual data growth, storage, IT administration budgets, and minimal downtime are concerns shared by most small/medium business (SMB), edge, and remote office/branch office (ROBO) storage managers. Faced with the challenge of integrating storage arrays, network hardware, and computing power together, understandably storage managers are concerned about budget, skill set, and availability. For this reason, many are moving away from conventional [...]

Infographic: Introducing SvHCI the HCI solution for edge and SMBs

The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) vendor landscape is changing, and it’s the perfect opportunity for businesses to explore new, cost-effective, and dependable solutions. It’s predicted that by 2029, the existing 30% of non-VMware full-stack HCI installed base will increase to 60%. This is in response to the challenges of SMB or ROBO IT environments and edge computing, which increasingly require purpose-built [...]

Is Hyperconverged Infrastructure Needed at the Edge?

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 [...]

Five Factors to Consider for Edge Computing Deployment

Organizations pursuing edge computing deployments need to consider all the different factors that characterize their edge environments, and then look for a solution that addresses as many of the challenges that are presented as possible. A typical edge computing use case or environment is not a smaller version of a datacenter, based on exactly the same technologies. Nor is it [...]

Truth in IT interviews StorMagic CMO at VMware Explore

What an amazing four days at VMware Explore 2022! Our onsite team of Bruce Kornfeld, Nolan Souder, and Stuart Campbell had a ton of interesting conversations with attendees, and had the opportunity to catch up with many of our customers and partners too. We want to say a big thank you to VMware for running the show – we had [...]

All Flash Storage Overkill – Do I need a brand new or all flash HCI?

IT professionals: If you need to select a hyperconverged infrastructure solution for your organization’s edge sites, do you automatically choose something with high specifications, or take a moment to stop and analyze your actual compute, storage and processing requirements? Why? Because there’s a growing trend among IT professionals where many are deploying all flash HCI solutions that are 10 to [...]

The Benefits of 2-Node vs 3-Node HCI Clusters at the Edge

Two’s company, but three’s a crowd at the edge Edge sites and small datacenters are typically budget and resource-constrained - but they still need highly available applications to run their operations effectively. In these instances, system size does matter. If each site uses 2-node instead of 3-node architecture (i.e. two servers instead of three), massive cost and management [...]

A Look Into StorMagic’s Crystal Ball: 2022 Predictions for Edge, Video, Security and More

As another year comes to a close, the folks at StorMagic have been spending some time reflecting on the past year and contemplating what IT trends and transformations they expect to see in 2022. Here are some of the technology predictions our experts anticipate for the year ahead: Advancements to Technology: Year over year, technology continues to evolve, and 2022 [...]

StorMagic SvSAN with Commvault Solution Brief

Edge Data Protection with StorMagic SvSAN, HPE, and Commvault Protect workloads on and off the edge with StorMagic SvSAN and Commvault Backup and Recovery. Challenges at the edge The enterprise IT landscape is going through a digital transformation, as it shifts from single-purpose data center designs to new technologies that deliver agility, scalability, and greater efficiency for protecting data [...]

Protect Your Data at the Edge with StorMagic, Commvault, and HPE

Enterprises operating at the network edge require reliable, flexible, and easy-to-use solutions to address their unique challenges and help protect their sensitive data. StorMagic, Commvault, and HPE fully understand these needs, which is why we joined forces to deliver the ultimate edge data protection solution. StorMagic SvSAN and Commvault Backup & Recovery software are now validated with HPE servers. Read [...]

The StorMagic SvSAN Container Storage Interface: Making the Edge Ready for Containers

According to Gartner, by 2025 more than 85% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production. Container adoption is on the rise, with edge computing environments as the next frontier for containers adoption. To help customers deploy containers at the edge, we are thrilled to announce the availability of a new offering -- the StorMagic SvSAN Container Storage [...]

StorMagic SvSAN with Zerto Solution Brief

Complete Edge-to-Edge Workload Protection Protect workloads on and off the edge with StorMagic SvSAN™ and the Zerto Platform. A world on edge The world of computing is moving to the edge. The Internet of things (IoT), machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) has increased the need for computation on the edge. Low latency requirements bring compute resources closer [...]

StorMagic, Zerto and HPE Combine Forces to Ensure Edge-to-Edge Workload Protection

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), the need for computation at the edge is increasing rapidly. Edge computing is becoming more popular around the world for businesses that require compute resources to be closer to data sources, such as remote offices, manufacturing plants, oil refineries, and wind farms. These organizations [...]

Infographic: StorMagic Hits the Target as a Leader at the Edge

The 2021 GigaOm Radar Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge names StorMagic SvSAN as a leader and the highest value solution among 12 other HCI vendors. Our focus has consistently been on edge and small datacenter customers, and providing them with a solution designed specifically for their use case. This philosophy has been recognized by GigaOm in their [...]

With Its Sights Set on the Edge, StorMagic Hits the Target as a Leading Contender in GigaOm’s HCI Radar Report

We are thrilled to announce that we were selected as a top performer in the “GigaOm Radar for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge” report. With 13 total HCI vendors in the running, GigaOm selected StorMagic SvSAN as a leading solution for SMEs and edge computing sites. GigaOm is a technology research and analysis company, focused on humanizing technology and [...]

StorMagic Recognized in CRN’s 2020 Edge Computing 100 List

We are thrilled to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, included StorMagic in its first ever 2020 Edge Computing 100 list. This new list, selected by a panel of respected CRN editors, recognizes leading vendors whose technology provides the building blocks channel partners need to build next-generation intelligent edge solutions that bring data collection and processing closer [...]

Edge in a Box: Simple, Cost-Effective and Lean Solution Delivers 100% Uptime for Any Edge or Small Datacenter Location

Together, StorMagic, Schneider Electric, and HPE are revolutionizing the way edge computing environments manage their IT systems. We’ve collaborated to launch a new, all-inclusive solution called “Edge in a Box.” This one-of-a-kind offering enables edge sites to process, manage, and store data in minutes, with one of the leanest solutions on the market. Its low cost and compact design makes [...]

All-Flash vs. Hard Disk Drives: Which Are Best Suited for the Edge?

One of the hottest debates in the IT world centers around all-flash versus traditional hard disk drives. Once seen as a luxury, reserved for corporations like Google, Facebook, and the NSA, solid-state disk (SSD) drives have shifted to become almost commonplace in both enterprise and consumer technology. The need for increased performance and smaller footprints has led developers to bring [...]

Infographic: Cutting the cost of storage with SvSAN

Not only is SvSAN the most cost-effective hyperconverged infrastructure solution on the market, this lightweight virtual SAN delivers huge savings when companies switch from a physical SAN in their hardware refresh. It's all well and good us telling you that you could save $$$ by creating a lightweight virtual environment with SvSAN, but the stats say it better. Check out [...]

Saving money with Dell and StorMagic

Recently, we announced that StorMagic SvSAN is now available on the Dell Software and Peripherals (S&P) price list, making it easier than ever to deploy the most cost-effective hyperconverged infrastructure solution on the market. Organizations around the world are already running SvSAN on Dell EMC and benefitting from a low-cost virtual SAN solution that enables high availability and is easy [...]

Last week, we announced a new technology partnership

Last week, we announced our new partnership with Dell EMC. This is really exciting for StorMagic, as SvSAN is now available from Dell on the Software & Peripherals (S&P) price list, making it easier than ever for Dell customers to create hyperconverged infrastructure that is easy to manage and incredibly cost effective. SvSAN on Dell EMC servers is the most [...]

Part 2: Public Cloud versus Onsite IT : Who’s Ahead in 2019?

By Tony Asaro and Bruce Kornfeld In part one of this blog series, we discussed the hype that cloud brought when it was first introduced, and shared some research to show where the state of the market is today. In part two we’ll address the state of the edge, and considerations when choosing between onsite IT versus public cloud solutions. [...]

Blog: StorMagic Earns Five Star Ranking in CRN’s 2019 Partner Program Guide

StorMagic is celebrating its 5-Star status in the winners’ spotlight of CRN’s latest Partner Program Guide. Partner programs were evaluated based on program investments, partner profitability, training, education and support and other metrics. The strongest, most successful channel partner programs that brought home a 5-Star rating are an elite subset of companies offering the most comprehensive and compelling channel programs [...]

SvSAN on vSphere

One of the benefits of deploying SvSAN is that it makes any edge site, branch office or small datacenter easy to manage. SvSAN is designed to work with your existing hardware as an alternative to a physical SAN, creating a virtualized environment that can be managed from a centralized remote location. This makes it as easy to manage 1,000 locations [...]

Infographic: A lesson in cost effective high availability

Some of the world's most prestigious universities rely on SvSAN to prevent unplanned downtime. Educational institutions need a system that is simple to provision and manages and can ensure critical systems uptime. This infographic outlines how SvSAN saves Oxford University and Boston University Medical Campus a significant amount of money on their hardware refresh while providing them with a system [...]

Part 1: Public Cloud versus Onsite IT : Who’s Ahead in 2019?

By Tony Asaro and Bruce Kornfeld We recently hosted a webinar that examined the state of public cloud versus onsite IT in 2019. In this two-part blog series, we’ll highlight a few of the topics we tackled during the event. The link to listen to the replay on demand at your convenience is here. Several headlines dominated the news in [...]

The New Cisco ISR 4461 and SvSAN

One of the most exciting trends of networking and computing today is the race to the edge. Increasing capabilities for IoT and the need for high availability of back end systems have made backhauling progressively more difficult. Cisco and StorMagic have come together to provide a leading solution to address the challenges at the edge by combining the ISR 4000 [...]

Tony Asaro joining us to talk about the growth of cloud vs. onsite IT

We’ve invited Tony Asaro to join StorMagic’s GM - Americas & CMO, Bruce Kornfeld for a very special webinar. In case you don’t know Tony, he’s an Industry Analyst and Technologist, who focuses on software-as-a-service, data lifecycle and associated compelling technologies. He’s CEO, senior analyst, consultant and founder of the INI Group, an analyst, consulting, research and strategy firm focused [...]

Scaling with SvSAN

Organizations can often fall victim to over-provisioning their HCI solution because most appliance models have limited choices for storage and processor/memory combinations. However, SvSAN is designed to be flexible, and allow users to configure to their precise requirements. You can use Storage Performance Analysis (find more here) to understand your organization’s workloads and configure your infrastructure to your exact needs. [...]

Infographic: Security Center of Iceland

The Security Center of Iceland provides on-site security, remote surveillance, CCTV and guarding services for healthcare organizations, retail stores, and airlines across Iceland. They require 24/7 availability for the monitoring center, for critical services. A priority for them was to add virtualization with triple redundancy to both in house and remote sites. They needed a cost-effective solution that would future-proof [...]

SuperBowl LIII: How to Guarantee a Touchdown at your Edge Site

Imagine it: you’re sitting there with the #squad, ready to watch the Superbowl and cable/satellite connection goes blank. The signal comes back a few minutes later, but you’ve already missed a historic touchdown. You catch up on the highlights post-game, but it’s not the same as watching the big game live - right now. You’re angry and frustrated at your [...]

Q&A with Brian Grainger, StorMagic’s CRO and Newest Board Member

Earlier this week, StorMagic announced that storage industry executive, Brian Grainger, has joined StorMagic as its chief revenue officer and a member of the Board of Directors. We’ve captured a short Q&A session with him to find out more about what he’s bringing to StorMagic and where he sees the organization, and the edge, heading next …. Question 1: Your [...]

Webinar Recap: Protecting Against Node Failure with SvSAN 3-Node Clusters

In case you missed it, in December, we ran a webinar on a topic that we’ve been asked about frequently by end-users: Can you run SvSAN as a 3-node deployment? Mark Christie, Principal Technical Architect at StorMagic started the webinar by briefly outlining how SvSAN can be deployed as a 3-node system. With our approach to 3-node clustering, if a [...]

StorMagic: Gartner Magic Quadrant and Peer Insights

StorMagic is excited to be included in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure for the very first time. Included as part of the Niche Players Quadrant, this is fantastic recognition for StorMagic as a key player in delivering edge storage and hyperconverged solutions. StorMagic was recognised for providing lightweight virtual storage to the edge of the network, whether that’s for [...]

Top Tips: Building a Highly Available Two-Node Configuration

StorMagic SvSAN has been designed to provide organizations with the capability to architect IT systems that are resilient, have adequate redundancy and are highly available. Downtime can be incredibly detrimental to the productivity of an organization, with most companies being completely reliant on IT for everyday operations. By bringing datacenter technology to small/remote/branch sites, SvSAN can create highly available virtual [...]

Infographic: Top Tips for a Highly Available SvSAN Configuration

Many companies 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 for an organization. This is important as the idea of the datacenter grows to include distributed computing [...]

SvSAN as a Multi-node Cluster

StorMagic SvSAN is a virtual storage appliance (VSA) that provides a lightweight, highly available shared storage solution, with no single points of failure. It is typically deployed on to two servers and performs synchronous mirroring between the servers. Although 2-node clusters deployments are the most common use case for SvSAN, it is possible to scale-out the cluster beyond two servers, [...]

Making the Complex Simple

When StorMagic first entered the scene, if you wanted shareable storage then you needed to invest in expensive, complex external SANs or NAS technology, and pay staff that could manage it. This is why the very ethos of StorMagic is about making the complex simple, and making shared storage accessible to more organizations. From the very beginning, StorMagic has eliminated [...]

Storage engineered by Storage Engineers

A lot of ‘on premises’ storage has been developed based on the needs of the datacenter, a complete solution that combines hardware and software. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 75% of all data will be generated outside of the traditional datacenter. This suggests a shift towards processing data at the edge, which is something that a lot of these datacenter [...]

Is Your Edge Site a Cybersecurity Weak Point?

What do you picture when you think of cyber crime? Gangs stealing credit card details? Computer whizzes hacking organizations and stealing data? Physical cyber-security attacks are probably not the first thing that come to mind. However, we are living in a time where demand for computing power is at an all time high and there are more edge computing sites [...]