Should I stay, or should I go now? Should I stay, or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay, it will be double So come on and let me know… Many organizations are considering a move away from VMware, but some hesitate after hearing the numbers. Gartner reports that migrating 2,000 or [...]
Full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure StorMagic SvHCI is a full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software solution. It combines virtualized storage with a StorMagic hypervisor, virtualized networking, and management components. SvHCI includes 24x7x365 StorMagic Platinum support for the entire HCI stack. SvHCI is reliable and simple, and provides HCI at a lower cost, making it the ideal solution for a variety of use [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
In this recorded discussion, hear from Simon Robinson, Principal Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and Bruce Kornfeld, Chief Product Officer at StorMagic as they discuss what is becoming an increasingly critical issue for many distributed environments - how to create a simple and secure IT edge. The webinar focuses on how hyperconverged infrastructure technology (HCI) is a critical [...]
Broadcom’s overhaul of VMware’s licensing model marked a shift in the hyperconverged infrastructure landscape. Before the late 2023 announcement, the vendor served as a steady and reliable provider for countless IT infrastructures, but many businesses are now looking for alternatives to VMware thanks to changing licensing and the introduction of subscription-based plans. The new model encourages businesses into multi-year contracts, [...]
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has reshaped today’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market, pushing businesses to reconsider their reliance on VMware's HCI software due to concerns around pricing, support, and product direction. With the HCI market estimated to grow at a CAGR of 23.5% from 2024 to 2030, it's no surprise that VMware alternatives are rapidly gaining traction. As organizations seek greater [...]
Software-defined storage (SDS) is a form of storage virtualization. It significantly improves the simplicity and flexibility of data storage management by introducing a software layer, independent from the physical storage hardware (i.e. disks and SSDs).
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 [...]
Join us for an exciting webinar detailing the new features and product updates for StorMagic SvHCI 2.0! Find out exactly why and how we’ve added our great new features, including a detailed explanation of our key new product updates: Snapshots Edge Control, our Management Tool VM Import from VMware And many more Whether you simply want to discover more [...]
When your organization considers a new IT investment, you’ll likely focus on upfront costs. A lower sticker price can be an easy win, especially when trying to reduce spending. However, experienced decision-makers know the true cost of technology extends far beyond the initial purchase. That’s why a renewed focus on total cost of ownership (TCO) can provide the framework to [...]
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 [...]
In sometimes not-so-quiet management meetings, amid discussions of future forecasts and budgets, today’s IT leadership faces a puzzling issue. There’s a growing demand for more scalable, cost-efficient solutions across their IT strategy. And it’s a constant challenge to balance cost, reliability and performance. For some IT teams, the path forward seems clear. Focus on a cloud-first strategy and reap the [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
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 [...]
The StorMagic SvHCI Technical Overview is the definitive white paper in providing a complete picture of SvHCI’s capabilities and deployment options. Explore the ways in which SvHCI can be leveraged to deliver full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure on one or two nodes at each location. Obtain an overview of the benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure compared to traditional architecture and get a better [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
We’re thrilled to announce the latest updates coming to StorMagic SvHCI, our full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software. With exciting new features, SvHCI is built to enhance simplicity and reliability, all while delivering the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for a hyperconverged infrastructure solution. The New Features of SvHCI 2.0 SvHCI is purpose-built for the needs of edge environments, making [...]
A Product Walkthrough – For When Things Go Wrong! Join us for a live demonstration of StorMagic SvHCI to see how our powerful software tackles failure scenarios, all while maintaining uptime and seamless service availability. What’s In Store: Introduction & overview Key failure scenarios explained Live real-world demonstrations Interactive Q&A See 100% Uptime in Action with SvHCI Uptime is [...]
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) has emerged as a mainstream choice for enterprise IT strategies in edge environments. It integrates the core elements of the traditional three-tier architecture – computing, storage, and networking – into a unified, software-only-based system. By doing so, HCI delivers cloud-like scalability and cost-efficiency without sacrificing performance, resiliency, or availability. But what about the buzz around HCI's ability [...]
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 [...]
About the Webinar Maintenance is an inevitable challenge for any IT team. That’s why with StorMagic SvHCI, we’ve made it radically simple. Join us as we explore how SvHCI enables IT teams to perform essential maintenance tasks, without downtime or impacting system performance. A Live Demonstration of SvHCI We’ll showcase how easy it is to manage maintenance with SvHCI. [...]
This recorded webinar explores the findings from analyst firm DCIG’s report, "2024-25 DCIG Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternatives SMB/Edge Edition". CEO and Principal Analyst at DCIG, Jerome Wendt, joins James Clarke and Mark Christie from StorMagic to discuss his analysis of the market. About the Webinar In this webinar, Jerome discusses his pivotal DCIG report that evaluates 15 hyperconverged infrastructure [...]
Computing, storage, and networking. These three components are a necessity in any business – but aren’t easy to manage with a siloed approach. This is a common problem within legacy infrastructure, however, two key solutions evolved to solve this problem: converged and hyperconverged infrastructure. Let’s explore these important concepts. What is Converged Infrastructure? Convergence is a term used to describe [...]
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 [...]
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has many benefits; it can help your business simplify management, streamline processes, and maintain flexibility across your IT infrastructure. Many businesses find that it offers the same advantages of a cloud solution, but without the costs and reliance on significant network architecture, and allows more flexibility than traditional converged infrastructure architecture. Let’s explore an in-depth list of [...]
The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market is changing. Many businesses are moving away from popular solutions like VMware vSphere. Changing licensing, costs, concerns about vendor lock-in, and the need for greater flexibility drive this shift. Businesses are increasingly seeking alternatives offering performance, flexibility, and more cost-effective pricing models. These options empower companies to build IT environments that better align with their [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
The webinar covers an exclusive update on SvHCI, an overview, a product refresher, and a dedicated Q&A session – hosted by Bruce Kornfeld. Don’t miss out on learning more about SvHCI features and the development roadmap. GA Launch Full Feature Set This webinar is an opportunity to hear about the latest updates for StorMagic SvHCI, including the full feature [...]
Hyperconverged infrastructure has risen to prominence in today’s ever-changing IT landscape. Businesses are always looking for new, innovative ways to manage their complex, siloed IT systems and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is helping them achieve these goals. It combines computing, networking, and storage into a single solution. This all-in-one approach creates a cost-effective, efficient, and reliable environment. As a result, many [...]
Hyperconvergence is a term used to describe the consolidation of computing, networking, and storage resources, into a single, streamlined datacenter architecture.
Join us for a unique webinar covering the DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report that examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN. With key insights straight from Jerome Wendt of DCIG and StorMagic’s Bruce Kornfeld, discover exactly what differentiates both solutions. We take a closer look at: Software options and associated licensing costs Minimum server hardware requirements Two-node HA [...]
We’re excited to announce StorMagic SvHCI, a purpose-built, dependable, and cost-effective hyperconverged infrastructure solution for the edge and SMBs.Join Bruce Kornfeld and Rumen Colov for SvHCI’s exciting launch webinar. We’ll explore why SvHCI is crucially important in today’s industry landscape, key features, and more.What’s in store:WelcomeAn introduction to SvHCIWhy SvHCI?Key features and benefitsProduct demoQ&AWhy SvHCI?The HCI Vendor LandscapeIt’s predicted that [...]
We’re excited to announce the launch of StorMagic SvHCI, the most cost-effective HCI solution for the edge. Let’s explore the key features and benefits of SvHCI, and what makes it ideal for the edge and small and medium businesses (SMBs). What is SvHCI? SvHCI is an integrated hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built upon SvSAN technology. Users can build cost-effective HCI [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is a popular choice for organizations looking for a hyperconverged solution and who are willing to use Microsoft Azure for their cloud requirements. But it is not for everybody and comes with a number of drawbacks. In our infographic below, we explore the differences between Azure Stack HCI and its competitor, StorMagic SvSAN. Weigh up the [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
While the data storage demands of organizations have increased, due to a number of factors, many companies’ IT budgets have shrunk. This has driven organizations to seek out and re-evaluate costly, complex traditional storage models, in favor of lightweight software-defined and hyperconverged storage models. The capabilities of virtualization-based products can vary from solution to solution. The challenges that organizations face [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
IT hardware vendors inevitably promote the message that hardware is a crucial element of any hyperconverged infrastructure solution for edge computing. They’d be right, to a degree – the solution is made up of advanced software running on hardware, and is therefore dependent on that hardware. However, that hardware doesn’t have to be bespoke, nor does it need to be [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
StorMagic SvSAN has been deployed by manufacturing organizations around the world in all sorts of sectors, from automotive to electronics, appliances to fabrics. We sat down with some of them to understand why they chose SvSAN to provide highly available shared storage on their factory floors, and the benefits they’ve seen as a result. Browse through the quotes in the [...]
The IDC Perspective report, Hyperconverged Infrastructure Use Will Continue to Grow in Edge Environments (doc #US46034120, December 2022), on hyperconverged infrastructure at the edge is out, delving into the marketplace and what businesses looking to deploy this technology at their own edge sites should be looking for in their chosen vendors’ offerings. Growing fast, hyperconverged infrastructure can help businesses tackle [...]
The use of hyperconverged infrastructure at the edge is increasing. While typically seen in datacenter environments, hyperconverged infrastructure is now viewed as a viable solution to ensure that data can be gathered, stored and processed all at the edge of the enterprise. As shown in our infographic below, analyst firm IDC have conducted a detailed market analysis, examining hyperconverged vendors [...]
Today, IT professionals have many choices on how to solve server, storage, and networking requirements in the datacenter, and at the edge. Hyperconverged (HCI) appliances and software-defined storage (SDS) solutions have emerged as an excellent alternative to traditional three-tiered architecture. In this blog, we’ll be giving you a background on the software-defined storage market and technologies available from vendors. We’ll [...]
GigaOm’s Radar for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Edge Deployments report is out. The 2023 paper goes in-depth about the challenges decision-makers are facing presently at the edge, which vendors (including StorMagic) occupy the HCI space, and how their solutions can help companies tackle its many challenges. GigaOm describes edge deployments as being “among the most dispersed HCI environments, with small clusters at [...]
At the beginning of October, Gartner published their latest Market Guide to help organizations searching for edge solutions to find those that best fit their needs. The report outlines the many facets of edge computing, describing what customers can expect from the edge market now, in the short term, and in the future as the market matures.The key points the [...]
Hyperconverged infrastructure solutions (HCI) are enjoying a lot of attention from IT leaders and decision-makers at distributed organizations, where scalability and ease of deployment are key requirements. Findings suggest that there’s a very low penetration of companies using hyperconverged infrastructure solutions currently. According to 2021 research by TechTarget’s ESG, just 8% of organizations use HCI for more than half of [...]
The challenges posed by edge computing are highly prevalent across all industries and growing still today. Acutely aware of this, StorMagic’s team of experts has been working tirelessly for over a decade to bring SMEs affordable solutions that help to tackle these challenges without sacrificing enterprise-class features or application performance. Since joining forces with HPE back in March 2020, we [...]
Within the last decade, advancements in technology have transformed the way datacenters are designed. Organizations today are creating and managing more data than ever, and IT infrastructures have evolved to meet their growing needs. Hyperconverged and composable infrastructures are two popular configurations within the IT space, ideally suited for particular environments, but not others. In this blog, we’ll discuss the [...]