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StorMagic SvSAN vs StorPool comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.3
StorMagic SvSAN helps companies save significantly by reducing server requirements and lowering hardware, maintenance, and licensing costs.
Sentiment score
7.3
Organizations reduced TCO using StorPool, benefiting from commodity hardware, increasing gross margin by 15% with favorable cost per GB.
In the long run, StorMagic SvSAN has been cost-effective.
StorMagic SvSAN has delivered great benefits in overall cost-efficiency since it is an integral part of our complete solutions for clients.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.7
StorMagic SvSAN offers exceptional 24/7 customer support, praised for rapid response, knowledgeable consultants, and efficient problem resolution.
Sentiment score
9.2
StorPool excels in customer service with responsive support, expert advice, and quick deployment, ensuring infrastructure optimization and satisfaction.
They respond rapidly to support requests and provide assistance beyond their scope.
StorMagic offers exemplary customer and technical support, ensuring excellent service and timely assistance that enhances my clients' experience.
I rate them at a nine out of ten due to their prompt responses and effective solutions to our issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
StorMagic SvSAN is highly scalable in edge environments, but additional nodes can increase costs due to licensing fees.
Sentiment score
8.5
StorPool offers seamless scalability through easy node integration, enhancing performance and capacity without service interruptions across deployments.
I have suggested improvements, such as supporting more nodes beyond the current limit, to enhance resource distribution and performance.
StorMagic SvSAN is easy to scale.
Scaling CPU and servers can be costly due to increased licensing fees beyond two nodes.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
StorMagic SvSAN is highly stable, resource-efficient, with effective redundancy, earning user praise for reliability even during power outages.
Sentiment score
8.1
StorPool offers reliable, stable performance with advanced features like compression, ensuring continuous data protection and commercial advantages.
StorMagic SvSAN has demonstrated flawless stability over the past six years, with no reported downtime, bugs, or glitches.
I've observed that any issues tied to downtime are often related to hardware rather than StorMagic SvSAN itself.
So far, we have not experienced any downtime since using StorMagic SvSAN, and I expect this stability to continue in the future.
 

Room For Improvement

StorMagic SvSAN needs licensing, UI, security, features, monitoring integration, and scalability improvements for enhanced user experience.
StorPool's users seek a more intuitive UI, faster feature rollout, and increased visibility of new functionalities and integrations.
Ideally, the console should provide plugins or similar configuration options for seamless integration with these tools.
Unauthorized access to the SvSAN server could cause significant damage.
It would be beneficial to have a central place for configurations, similar to VMware vCenter.
 

Setup Cost

StorMagic SvSAN provides cost-effective storage with pricing based on capacity, offering substantial savings and flexibility compared to competitors.
StorPool offers flexible, cost-effective pricing with high performance, scalability, and excellent support, reducing total cost of ownership.
Choosing the maximum capacity proved cost-effective, especially compared to alternatives like VMware vSAN, which would have been significantly more expensive based on VCP cores.
I would rate the cost a one out of ten with ten being the most costly.
Its straightforward licensing model, based on storage capacity instead of CPU or VM count, simplifies cost management for both myself and my customers.
 

Valuable Features

StorMagic SvSAN offers high availability, simplicity, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness, supporting 1,000 clusters with zero latency for budget-conscious enterprises.
StorPool provides scalable, high-performance storage with robust management, redundancy, and stability, ideal for complex, global deployments.
I am able to bring fully functional virtual infrastructure in a matter of two hours with StorMagic SvSAN, compared to other technologies that are very complex.
StorMagic SvSAN's most valuable feature is its simplicity, requiring only 30 minutes to install, configure, and deploy.
StorMagic engineers were very helpful in setting up the system, remoting into our system to assist, which was very beneficial.
 

Categories and Ranking

StorMagic SvSAN
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
HCI (12th)
StorPool
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of StorMagic SvSAN is 7.5%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorPool is 2.2%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
 

Featured Reviews

Georgi Petrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Allowed us to achieve unification and standardization across our sites, making it easy to install and maintain
What we like the most is how easy it is to implement. I am able to bring fully functional virtual infrastructure in a matter of two hours with StorMagic SvSAN, compared to other technologies that are very complex. StorMagic SvSAN does not have hardware-specific requirements and is hypervisor agnostic, which makes it easier compared to competitors like HPE SimpliVity that are limited to specific hardware. This solution has allowed us to achieve unification and standardization across our sites, making it easy to install and maintain.
it_user689271 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enabled us to increase both our gross margins and performance while also decreasing latency
We initially started using StorPool at three locations with a capacity of 250+ TB.By implementing StorPool, we managed to increase both our gross margins and performance, while decreasing the latency to 0.19-0.26 ms up to 125,000 IOPS We now deliver all-flash performance and improved uptime with…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Retailer
9%
Computer Software Company
21%
Performing Arts
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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?
StorMagic SvSAN is very cost-efficient. The pricing model, based on the usable storage capacity, is simple and predictable. You know exactly how much each storage tier costs, and upgrading is strai...
What needs improvement with StorMagic SvSAN?
One area for improvement would be to enhance the Edge Control capabilities. Currently, it shows the VSA and hypervisors but doesn't offer much in terms of VSA configuration management. It would be ...
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Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

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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