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StorMagic SvSAN vs VxRail comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 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
8.4
StorMagic SvSAN reduced server requirements and costs, offering significant annual savings and improving overall cost-efficiency for organizations.
Sentiment score
6.6
VxRail reduces costs and enhances efficiency with centralized management, improved uptime, scalability, and lower power consumption for hybrid clouds.
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 excels with rapid, personalized 24/7 support, enhancing client experiences during setup and ongoing interactions.
Sentiment score
8.0
VxRail customer service is praised for communication and support, but faces challenges with delays and troubleshooting processes.
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 efficiently scales for small businesses, enabling storage expansion and node addition, but larger environments may increase costs.
Sentiment score
7.8
VxRail excels in scalability and compatibility, supporting diverse workloads and seamless growth, despite higher costs in smaller environments.
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.
There are limitations, such as the inability to upgrade from a single to dual CPU in certain configurations.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
StorMagic SvSAN excels in stable, efficient performance with strong redundancy, handling outages effectively, achieving high reliability ratings.
Sentiment score
8.5
VxRail is highly rated for stability and reliability, excelling in virtualization with minimal disruptions and efficient maintenance.
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.
The product is very stable, and I rate its stability as nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

StorMagic SvSAN needs enhancements in various areas including licensing, scalability, security, and user experience to improve functionality.
VxRail users seek easier installation, quicker patches, better integration, cost-effective licensing, improved support, and streamlined upgrades and configuration.
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.
It requires a very clean environment to proceed without issues.
 

Setup Cost

StorMagic SvSAN provides cost-effective pricing and flexible licensing, simplifying cost management while eliminating SAN hardware costs.
VxRail pricing is expensive yet competitive, with typical costs at $200,000, and negotiation can influence affordability.
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.
Previously, the cost was higher, however, recent changes in VMware pricing have reduced it.
 

Valuable Features

StorMagic SvSAN provides high availability and easy implementation, supporting diverse environments with cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and excellent support.
VxRail excels in seamless VMware integration, ease of management, scalability, and simplifies operations with its hyper-converged infrastructure.
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 engineers were very helpful in setting up the system, remoting into our system to assist, which was very beneficial.
StorMagic SvSAN's most valuable feature is its simplicity, requiring only 30 minutes to install, configure, and deploy.
Customers prefer the single pane of glass management and integration with VMware, which makes it easier for them to proceed with decisions involving VMware products.
 

Categories and Ranking

StorMagic SvSAN
Ranking in HCI
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th)
VxRail
Ranking in HCI
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
129
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the HCI category, the mindshare of StorMagic SvSAN is 2.1%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 21.0%, down from 21.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI
 

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.
Sushil MIshra - PeerSpot reviewer
Trouble-free architecture, we don't have to juggle multiple components like in a traditional three-tier architecture
I like the caching mechanism. Frequently used data is stored, so it definitely improves performance. VxRail's integration with VMware environments is very good. Our VxRail is built on VMware, and the integration is seamless. We haven't faced any challenges. We can migrate VMs between servers in real-time and replicate them to our DR site without any problems.
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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
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
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?
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?
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Also Known As

StorMagic
VCE VxRail
 

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
World Wide Technology Inc, Renault Sport Formula One Team, 8x8 Inc, Brownes, Canadian Pacific, Canopy, Denton, EDF, Unilin, Xerox
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