StarWind Virtual SAN provides high availability and fault tolerance for virtualized environments without the need for dedicated SAN hardware. It allows for real-time replication between servers, shared storage for Hyper-V clusters, and enables vMotion and High Availability features for VMware vSphere. The solution reduces costs and leverages existing hardware while providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure. Valuable features include ease of use, scalability, top-tier support, hardware agnosticism, and the ability to use off-the-shelf standard servers to increase storage space. StarWind VSAN has helped organizations improve performance, data availability, and data security while reducing downtime and providing cost-saving storage options.
StorMagic SvHCI is deployed for edge computing, providing efficient storage and virtualization solutions in remote or branch offices. It stands out for its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment, making it ideal for environments requiring minimal IT maintenance and high availability.
StorMagic SvHCI is designed to meet the needs of small to mid-sized companies by efficiently running critical applications in decentralized locations. Users appreciate its low hardware requirements, seamless integration with existing infrastructure, and robust data protection. The focus on high availability and disaster recovery, combined with scalability, makes it suitable for environments with limited IT resources. However, there are areas for improvement in scalability, customer support, and the management interface. Some users experience inconsistent performance during high workloads and desire more comprehensive documentation for troubleshooting and implementation. Enhancing integration with other platforms would improve operations further.
What are the key features of StorMagic SvHCI?
- Simplicity: Easy installation and management with a user-friendly interface.
- Cost-effectiveness: Low hardware requirements reduce overall expenses.
- High Availability: Ensures continuous operation and disaster recovery.
- Integration: Seamlessly works with existing infrastructure.
- Scalability: Efficient performance in small to medium-sized environments.
- Technical Support: Reliable assistance for setup and troubleshooting.
What benefits should you expect from StorMagic SvHCI?
- Lower Hardware Costs: Reduce capital expenditure with minimal hardware investment.
- Efficient Management: Streamlined installation and ease of use save time.
- Reduced IT Maintenance: Minimal IT intervention required in remote offices.
- High Availability: Reliable operation ensures business continuity.
- Enhanced Data Protection: Robust security features protect against data loss.
Industries implement StorMagic SvHCI in remote or branch offices where centralized management of critical applications is necessary. Particularly useful in retail, education, and healthcare, it supports decentralized locations by ensuring high availability and lowered IT maintenance. StorMagic SvHCI's ease of deployment and cost-effectiveness make it an attractive option for entities looking to optimize operations at the edge.
StorMagic SvSAN is simple hyperconverged storage used to eliminate downtime. It provides high availability with two nodes per cluster, and boasts users among thousands of organizations to keep mission-critical applications and data online and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
SvSAN is a lightweight solution that has been designed specifically for small-to-medium-sized businesses and edge computing environments such as retail stores, manufacturing plants and even oil rigs at sea.
SvSAN provides organizations with a simple, 'set and forget' solution that enables lightweight high availability as a virtual SAN (VSAN) with a witness VM that can be local, in the cloud, or as-a-service, and support up to 1,000 2-node clusters. It provides a low barrier to entry with capacity-based licensing and minimal hardware requirements, allowing organizations to use existing equipment. Plus, any IT professional can deploy and manage 1,000 sites as easily as 1, with automation tools and scripts.
SvSAN gives organizations choice and control by allowing configurations of any x86 server models and storage types, even mixed within a cluster, while vSphere, Hyper-V or KVM hypervisors can be used. It is built to perform, with code that eliminates performance bottlenecks and caching features to boost performance and prevent over-provisioning. SvSAN accommodates future growth and technologies too, with support for containers and VMs, and allows compute and storage to be scaled easily and independently.
SvSAN's additional features help to deliver 100% uptime with synchronous mirroring and no single point of failure, even with poor, unreliable networks, and non-disruptive hardware and software upgrades. Disaster protection is provided with capability for stretched clusters that reduce risk, plus extensive integrations with backup and DR providers and the option to add a third node to clusters. SvSAN also ensures data security with FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption, software RAID options and the elimination of split-brain risk.
