hyperconverged

Storage Virtualization at the Edge: Tackling Performance and Capacity Challenges

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 [...]

NISC Cuts Oracle Licensing Costs in Half & Lowers CapEx & OpEx with StorMagic SvSAN

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 End of HyperFlex – Exploring Alternatives for Edge Environments

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 [...]

Introducing StorMagic Edge Control: The New SvSAN Management Tool

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 [...]

SvSAN Witness Data Sheet

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 [...]

Charles Russell Speechlys simplifies environment and reduces costs with StorMagic SvSAN

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 [...]

StorMagic has been Included in IDC’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure at the Edge Report

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 [...]

Navigating the Software-Defined Storage Market

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 [...]

The 2023 GigaOm Radar report is out, featuring StorMagic

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 [...]

Simplifying Storage at the Edge with HPE and StorMagic

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 [...]

Hyperconverged vs Composable IT Infrastructures

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 [...]

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 [...]

Infographic: StorMagic Named “Strong Performer” in 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’ HCI Software

See how StorMagic customers reviewed our virtual SAN solution, SvSAN, with our infographic highlighting the key findings in the 2022 Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software report. Check out our ratings for product capabilities and sales, deployment and support experience, and see just how many customers would recommend StorMagic to their networks. The infographic also [...]

Why Build Your Own Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution?

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is a hot topic, it seems that every server vendor in the IT industry is talking about it and has an offering or play in the space. But, what exactly is hyperconverged infrastructure? Simply put, hyperconverged infrastructures are solutions that combine compute, storage, networking and virtualization into a single platform. You can read a more detailed description [...]

Avoid the ‘Hypervisor Tax’ with Linux KVM Hypervisors

When implementing virtualized IT infrastructure, a hypervisor is commonly used to create and run virtual machines (VMs). A hypervisor is a piece of software that helps divide and allocate resources on various pieces of hardware. It enables multiple operating systems to run on a single host, simultaneously. While there are many benefits to implementing a hypervisor within your organization’s [...]

Infographic: StorMagic Named “Visionary” in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for HCI Software

StorMagic has been recognized for the fourth year in succession in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software, and has been named as a "Visionary" for the first time. The infographic below celebrates our inclusion and highlights some of our key areas of improvement that we've focused on to ensure our continued recognition. We accredit our recognition as [...]

StorMagic Named “Hyperconvergence Vendor of the Year” for Two Years in a Row

This past week, Storage Magazine announced the winners of the 2021 Storage Awards (The Storries XVIII), at a black-tie gala in London. StorMagic proudly took home the award for “Hyperconvergence Vendor of the Year,” for the second year in a row! We were recognized in the “Hyperconvergence Vendor of the Year” category for our virtual SAN solution, SvSAN, which delivers [...]

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 [...]

GigaOm Radar Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge

StorMagic hits the target as a leader at the edge in latest GigaOm Radar Report, covering 13 different HCI vendors The GigaOm Radar Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge provides an unbiased examination of the leading players within the HCI market, assessing each vendor’s capabilities in providing solutions for SMEs and edge computing environments. Complete the form [...]

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 [...]

Infographic: StorMagic Included in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for HCI Software

StorMagic has been recognized in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software for a third consecutive time. Our infographic below celebrates our inclusion and highlights some of our key areas of improvement that we've focused on to ensure our continued recognition. As in the earlier reports, StorMagic was identified as a “Niche Player” in the 2020 Magic Quadrant, [...]

StorMagic is Named “Hyperconvergence Vendor of the Year” in the 2020 Storage Awards

StorMagic is excited to announce that we’ve been named a winner in the 2020 Storage Awards. We were selected as the winner in the “Hyperconvergence Vendor of the Year” category, recognizing our SvSAN product, which enables highly available virtualized storage within hyperconverged infrastructures (HCIs). In 2019, StorMagic was named a runner up in the “Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Vendor of the [...]

Protect and Simplify the Edge with StorMagic SvSAN and HPE Edgeline Converged Edge Systems

We are thrilled to announce that StorMagic has expanded its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), through the validation of our virtual SAN software solution, SvSAN, with HPE Edgeline Converged Edge Systems. Together, StorMagic and HPE are dedicated to designing hyperconverged solutions that are purpose-built for edge computing environments. Edge organizations (i.e. branch offices, retails stores, and small datacenters) are [...]

Meet Security and Regulatory Requirements with SvKMS and Nutanix Encryption

As technologies produce new means of creating, using, and benefiting from vast data stores, they also confront new security risks and regulatory requirements -- especially for sensitive data. Nutanix is a cloud computing company, leading the market in hyperconverged infrastructure appliances and software-defined storage. Nutanix’s software delivers a full infrastructure stack that integrates compute, virtualization, storage, networking, and security, to [...]

Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Vendors

Each year, Gartner Peer Insights releases its “Voice of the Customer” reports, compiling peer reviews and ratings of vendors received across more than 300 different markets, and complementing those reviews with expert research. The purpose of these “Voice of the Customer” reports is to help guide decision makers during their buying processes, by supplying them with valuable insights and information [...]

Infographic: Talking Shop with StorMagic

SvSAN provides the most simple and lightweight virtual SAN solution on the market, significantly reducing costs per site. This makes it the perfect storage infrastructure solution for retailers of all sizes. Find out why Sheetz Inc., Autohaus Gruppe Seitz and allnatura chose to deploy SvSAN in their stores. Read more about SvSAN for Retail, or browse our complete library of [...]

Distributor General Procurement Selects StorMagic for its First Virtual SAN and Key Manager Offerings

Distribution Agreement Adds Virtual SAN and Security Software Solutions to General Procurement’s Portfolio and Expands StorMagic’s Presence in Mexico BRISTOL, England – 28 May, 2020 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announced today a new distribution agreement with General Procurement, Inc., who selected StorMagic SvSAN and SvKMS as its first virtual SAN and key [...]

StorMagic Appoints Ian Davies as Chief Financial Officer

BRISTOL, England – 19 May, 2020 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announced today that it has appointed Ian Davies as chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately. As CFO, Davies will manage StorMagic’s financial, human resource and business support operations, as the company continues to quickly expand following its recent entry into the security [...]

StorMagic Expands Federal Government and SLED Presence Through Insight Partnership

Federal and Government Customers can Easily Procure Simple, Highly Available Hyperconverged Solutions for less than $10,000 BRISTOL, England – 24 March, 2020 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today a new partnership with Insight Public Sector (IPS), the federal division of Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT), the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ for organizations of all sizes. [...]

DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report: StorMagic SvSAN vs. Scale Computing HC3 Series

Last week, DCIG published a new Competitive Intelligence Report, comparing StorMagic SvSAN and Scale Computing’s HC3 hyperconverged infrastructure. The report, titled “A Comparison of How StorMagic SvSAN and Scale Computing Deliver on Enterprise Edge Computing Storage Requirements,” provides side-by-side analysis of the two solutions and detailed evaluation of their differences. Like StorMagic, Scale Computing’s HC3 appliances have been designed to [...]

DCIG’s Latest Competitive Comparison Report on Hyperconverged Edge Solutions Now Available

StorMagic Recognized for Delivering High Availability at the Lowest Cost for Dozens, Hundreds or Thousands of Sites BRISTOL, England–12 February 2020– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today the availability of a new third-party Competitive Intelligence Report from DCIG, LLC titled, “A Comparison of How StorMagic SvSAN and Scale Computing Deliver on Enterprise Edge Computing Storage Requirements.” The research [...]

Scale Computing HC3 vs StorMagic SvSAN – a Competitive Intelligence Report

This Competitive Intelligence Report from DCIG examines the differences between Scale HC3 and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases. This independent analyst report explores the capabilities of both solutions, with a particular focus on the following areas. Hardware configuration  Software configuration  High availability (HA) configurations [...]

Sheetz Selects StorMagic to Modernize and Optimize In-store Computer Systems at Hundreds of Convenience Stores

Lightweight, Simplified Storage Enables Fast Deployment across Hundreds of Edge Sites BRISTOL, England – 27 January, 2020 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that Sheetz, one of America's fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience retailers for more than 67 years, is standardizing on StorMagic SvSAN software to virtualize and add high availability at hundreds of its convenience [...]

New Italian Customers Eliminate Physical SANs, Boost Performance with StorMagic SvSAN

More companies today than ever before are opting to replace their physical SANs and virtualize their infrastructures to alleviate cost and time burdens associated with outdated hardware. Two Italy-based StorMagic customers recently moved away from using traditional SANs to dramatically reduce costs, improve reliability and boost performance. Industrial sites are under pressure to improve reliability, decrease processing time and reduce [...]

How the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix server crash could have easily been prevented

Earlier this month, an unplanned server outage at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix led to the DRS (Drag Reduction System) being disabled for 17 laps. The technology is meant to kick in at the start of lap three, and is designed to make overtaking easier. When drivers are close enough to a car in front, they can open [...]

StorMagic included as a Niche Player in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure is the most reliable, comprehensive market research report within the industry. This week, StorMagic celebrates recognition as a Niche Player in the report, for a second year, in the 2019 Magic Quadrant. Our product, SvSAN is specifically designed to reduce complexity and costs for edge sites. Our two-node solution is tailored to fit [...]

StorMagic Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Second Consecutive Time

StorMagic Recognized Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute BRISTOL, England – 2 December, 2019 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that it has been recognized again by Gartner, Inc. in the November 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure research note.* StorMagic was identified in the Niche Players quadrant. StorMagic was recognized as a [...]

StorMagic Continues Global Channel Momentum with Expansion Across Asia and Latin America

StorMagic adds resources in Singapore and Mexico City to Support Global Edge Adoption BRISTOL, England –26 November, 2019– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today its expansion into the Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin American (LATAM) regions. Staffing in APAC and LATAM lets StorMagic support and service existing and future customers who are managing growing data sets at small [...]

StorMagic Has Validated with HPE ProLiant DL Rack Servers and Joins Partner Ready Program

Joint Customers Gain Flexibility, Reliability, Performance and Lowered TCOBRISTOL, England –18 November, 2019 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that it has validated SvSAN with HPE DL325 and DL360 ProLiant Gen10 rack servers. StorMagic conducted extensive testing on HPE DL servers running its virtual SAN product, SvSAN with both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. Results show [...]

Bechtle to Resell StorMagic SvSAN across EMEA

Hyperconverged Solution Delivers a New Level of Simplicity to European Customers at the Lowest CostBRISTOL, England – 30 October, 2019– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that it has signed a Pan-European reseller agreement with Bechtle Logistik & Service GmbH. SvSAN is now available for purchase by small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and large enterprise customers with remote [...]

Analyst Firm DCIG Publishes Competitive Intelligence Report on Hyperconverged Edge Solutions

StorMagic SvSAN Commended for Simplicity, Flexibility and Low Cost in Edge Environments BRISTOL, England–15 October, 2019– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today the availability of a new third-party Competitive Intelligence Report- Executive Edition from DCIG, LLC titled, “A Comparison of How StorMagic SvSAN and VMware vSAN Deliver on Enterprise Edge Computing and Storage Requirements.” The report’s findings guide [...]

Infographic: Disaster Recovery – The Cost of Downtime

Digital technology has completely revolutionized the way we do business. It is now so interwoven that IT services are beyond a requirement; they are critical. Our dependence on these systems and functions has therefore become an Achilles' heel, and disaster recovery has become a subject of priority for businesses across the globe. Even seemingly small outages can negatively impact your [...]

Benore Logistic Systems Achieves Tenfold Performance Increase and 100 Percent Uptime with SvSAN

BRISTOL, England – 10 September, 2019 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that Benore Logistic Systems, Inc., a Michigan-based supply-chain solutions company, has replaced its legacy standalone SAN with StorMagic SvSAN to improve performance and add redundancy. With SvSAN, Benore Logistic has maintained 100 percent uptime and realized a tenfold system performance increase compared to its previous [...]

StorMagic SvSAN on the Lenovo Configurator

StorMagic’s relationship with Lenovo extends back many years, and now StorMagic SvSAN is available on the Lenovo configurator. It is now easier than ever to benefit from cost-effective, high performance hardware, paired with simple and lightweight virtual storage. We’re really excited with this development in our partnership with Lenovo - both companies share similar ideologies about delivering affordable, lightweight solutions [...]

StorMagic Sales Kick Off Event: Gallery

Last week, StorMagic's sales and marketing teams assembled from around the world to kick off the start of FY20. We've got a really exciting year ahead, and so the team celebrated the start of it with a company wide BBQ, and making the most of a sunny Bristol with a boat trip. Here's some of the best photos from the [...]