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StorMagic SvSAN vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
8.4
StorMagic SvSAN reduced costs by 60%, saved $20-$30K annually, and achieved 40% gains using two servers instead of three.
Sentiment score
7.6
Veeam Data Platform enhances cost efficiency by reducing backup time, storage needs, and licensing costs, ensuring reliable data recovery.
StorMagic SvSAN helped us save around sixty percent on previous costs.
StorMagic SvSAN has delivered great benefits in overall cost-efficiency since it is an integral part of our complete solutions for clients.
Our client's return on investment with StorMagic SvSAN is approximately forty percent.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.7
StorMagic SvSAN's customer service is praised for expertise, 24/7 availability, quick responses, and personalized, proactive support.
Sentiment score
7.4
Veeam Data Platform's customer service is praised for its efficiency and accessibility, despite occasional slow response times.
I rate them at a nine out of ten due to their prompt responses and effective solutions to our issues.
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.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
StorMagic SvSAN is scalable for edge use, but larger organizations may face cost and node limitations despite its adaptability.
Sentiment score
7.5
Veeam Data Platform scales smoothly for various environments, supporting diverse setups with minimal performance issues, despite cost challenges.
We can simply add more ESX hosts to a cluster and deploy additional controllers without any issues.
StorMagic SvSAN is easy to scale.
Scaling CPU and servers can be costly due to increased licensing fees beyond two nodes.
In order to scale Veeam Data Platform, we have to pay a lot more money.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
StorMagic SvSAN is praised for stability, minimal resource use, and seamless operations, earning high reliability ratings from users.
Sentiment score
7.9
Veeam Data Platform is praised for stability and reliability, with minor issues swiftly resolved, enhancing user satisfaction.
StorMagic SvSAN has demonstrated flawless stability over the past six years, with no reported downtime, bugs, or glitches.
Its ability to seamlessly migrate running machines to another host during maintenance ensures uninterrupted operations and a transparent user experience.
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 requires improvements in licensing, scalability, security, interface intuitiveness, and features like data compression and advanced backup.
Veeam Data Platform needs cost, integration, reporting, replication, cloud support, simplified setup, security, scalability, and hypervisor compatibility improvements.
It would be beneficial to have a central place for configurations, similar to VMware vCenter.
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.
The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more.
 

Setup Cost

StorMagic SvSAN provides affordable, storage-based pricing, offering cost-effective SAN solutions with user-friendly licensing compared to competitors.
Veeam Data Platform is praised for cost-effective, flexible pricing, with strong value and predictable licensing models for enterprises.
I would rate the cost a one out of ten with ten being the most costly.
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.
While not the cheapest option, it offers comparable functionality for 20 to 30 percent lower than its competitors.
From what I know, it is expensive to add modules, with a scale rating of eight out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

StorMagic SvSAN provides high availability, user-friendly setup, and flexibility, with strong support and minimal hardware requirements for seamless integration.
Veeam Data Platform provides easy installation, robust backup, seamless integration, and advanced tools ensuring efficient, reliable data management and recovery.
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.
It helps in encrypting the data and prevents unauthorized users, such as hackers, from accessing my information.
StorMagic engineers were very helpful in setting up the system, remoting into our system to assist, which was very beneficial.
Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance.
 

Categories and Ranking

StorMagic SvSAN
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th), HCI (8th)
Veeam Data Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
422
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

StorMagic SvSAN and Veeam Data Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. StorMagic SvSAN is designed for Software Defined Storage (SDS) and holds a mindshare of 7.4%, up 5.3% compared to last year.
Veeam Data Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 17.6% mindshare, down 20.8% since last year.
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Dhanraj Garbou - PeerSpot reviewer
Significantly improved the organization by providing reliable support and straightforward configuration procedures
StorMagic SvSAN is more user-friendly than other software-defined virtual SAN solutions, especially for smaller businesses. It is capable of working on any hardware, making it cost-effective. StorMagic SvSAN allows the use of any storage type. The Witness feature, which can handle over 1,000 clusters, is helpful for our clients. StorMagic SvSAN offers a distinct advantage over its competitors by including the stretch cluster feature. This functionality, not commonly found in rival products at cost, enhances data availability and disaster recovery capabilities. It is not difficult to administer all of our storage clusters using Edge control. StorMagic SvSAN is the right management tool for StorMagic and enterprise customers, providing a cost-effective solution. It reduces downtime by about 40 percent. StorMagic SvSAN offers cost savings compared to other software-defined virtual SAN solutions. It has significantly improved the organization by providing reliable support and straightforward configuration procedures, benefiting both my enterprise and SMB customers. StorMagic SvSAN is a hyperconverged, high-availability solution with enterprise-grade functionality. Its vendor—and hardware-agnostic design makes it a cost-effective choice for businesses seeking high availability.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Healthcare Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Retailer
10%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

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?
I don't handle pricing directly, but based on information from white papers, the solution appears to provide cost benefits.
What needs improvement with StorMagic SvSAN?
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Also Known As

StorMagic
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

Overview

 

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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