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HPE StoreVirtual vs StorMagic SvSAN comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

HPE StoreVirtual
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
StorMagic SvSAN
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
HCI (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of HPE StoreVirtual is 1.3%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorMagic SvSAN is 7.4%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
 

Featured Reviews

Vebjorn Nergaard - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 9, 2020
Stable, scalable, and easy to manage
The solution is deployed with two nodes and then users have a network ride. The storage solution synchronizes, and it's quite like the StarWind solution. We installed two storage virtual machines and they synchronize with each other. That way, if one goes down, the other one will have the same…
Levent Ozdayi - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2022
The best choice for performance and price
The primary use case for StorMagic SvSAN is providing availability to different sites. You can have multiple sites, all of which will replicate the data to each other StorMagic SvSAN's best feature is that it is platform agnostic. It also provides configuration flexibility as it's fully…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"HPE StoreVirtual is very easy to use from the management console."
"I guess on the top of the list is certainly ease of use."
"The network RAID feature gives us maximum availability, since we cannot afford any downtime, even for a second."
"A very flexible solution."
"Thin provisioning lets us get the most value from the hard drives."
"The solution is quite stable. We haven't had any issues with glitches or bugs."
"StoreVirtual is that it is our software-defined solution and it's everywhere."
"It's very stable and it's easy to use."
"StorMagic SvSAN's best feature is that it is platform agnostic."
"It gives zero downtime and it works with two nodes rather than three nodes, unlike other solutions."
"StorMagic SvSAN is a very effective solution and the interface is good."
"This synchronization is easy with StorMagic, and we can establish availability between servers."
"What I found most valuable in StorMagic SvSAN is integration. As a software-defined storage solution, it's also very easy to use and it's the trend in the market today. StorMagic SvSAN also made the customer happy because the customer could use his existing hardware with it. The customer had rack-mounted storage, so he didn't want to purchase a dedicated hardware for storage purposes. He just upgraded his hard disk drives."
"We compared two solutions for this use case, but we went with StorMagic because it had more capabilities than the others. It's also more reliable, especially in production environments that require availability and sustainability."
"The most valuable feature of StorMagic SvSAN is its high availability. We have not had any downtime or data loss. Business continuity is highly important."
"It helps us prevent any data loss while working with the failover clusters."
 

Cons

"It is a costly solution."
"The initial setup could be simplified to make it easier for new users."
"I would like to have this solution easily integrate with VMware."
"Configuration of application integrated snapshots for VMware is convoluted and it did not work immediately."
"f you're doing the 10Gb adapters, SFPs don't come with it, but it doesn't say that. It might say that somewhere else, but it's not clear."
"The management aspect of the solution needs to be improved in order to make the product stronger."
"The GUI is a bit old-fashioned. It should be updated."
"The product is coming to end-of-life in the next three years."
"If we want to want to replicate the VM to the cloud, or off-site, it does not allow it because of asynchronous. There is no option available."
"They should enable data compression deduplication features for the platform."
"In the next release, StorMagic SvSAN should include multi-node clusters, which would allow storage spaces to be used more efficiently."
"There are two features missing: there's no REST API functionality, and there is no date duplication in it."
"It could be a little bit more intuitive in terms of the way you set it up initially."
"The deployment of StorMagic SvSAN is very small. However, you need some time to do it. It's important to make a test deployment before the real deployment."
"The only improvement area I can see is their licensing. For example, the memory caching feature is only available in an advanced license. Normally, it's in a standard license. It would be better if they had memory caching features in the product. Some backup features should also be in the product"
"In terms of what could be improved in StorMagic SvSAN, I don't have a major issue with it, but its user interface should be more customer-oriented."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"One of the key features about it is that when you buy either a VSA license or a StoreVirtual appliance, all your software's included."
"The prices are OK, so we don't have much difficulty selling HPE in Brazil."
"Licensing is not exactly straightforward, but not the worst I have ever seen."
"For our organization, I believe the cost is 16,000 Euros for a three-year license. It costs a bit more to do the maintenance on our servers as well. It's also on an HP ProLiant server and an organization will need to do the maintenance there also. I believe the price for that is around 2000 Euros a year."
"It costs less than $10,000 for one machine. If it costs more than 15% higher than this, then the customer may change to another solution."
"If you buy a five-year license, not only does the technical support expire after five years, but you also lose the ability to change and expand the VSA, and the systems won't go down."
"70% cheaper than competitors and provides all the enterprise feature requirements at low cost."
"The licensing cost is $7,000 per two nodes for two terabytes."
"The product has good pricing."
"It's fairly cheap when compared to other options. But it can be improved as some features may not be available in the standard license. The vendor positions it as an edge product, so it isn't suitable to compare with VMware vSAN or Nutanix because that's another product altogether."
"The pricing of StorMagic SvSAN is fairly good because if you compare it with VMware, it's at a better price. This is an important thing to remember."
"The price of the solution is reasonable. Our budget was two terabytes and the price met our use case well."
"While it is less than other solutions, such as vSAN, for instance, it is still significant. However, it is well worth it in terms of the quality of the product and the support that it allows me to have. We are buying the flagship product from them. We are always buying premium support and all the features that we need, so it is a little bit steep upfront, but it is less than other solutions and comes with excellent support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about StorMagic SvSAN?
It helps us prevent any data loss while working with the failover clusters.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorMagic SvSAN?
It is a fair trade. It is a little bit expensive at first blush just in terms of the initial licensing cost. I have been in the tech industry for a long time. I have worked for startups, and I unde...
What needs improvement with StorMagic SvSAN?
It could be a little bit more intuitive in terms of the way you set it up initially. The interface has recently undergone a revision. I have been using the new version for only a few weeks now. The...
 

Also Known As

HPE StoreVirtual, HPE VSA
StorMagic
 

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Sample Customers

NBrIX, WIND Telecom, Netrics
Sheetz Inc., Giant Eagle, RWE Renewables, Keiser Corp., TDK, Oxford University, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rommelsbacher, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort, Eugen Forschner GmbH
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