Virtual environments are susceptible to server failure with loss of access to applications and data. What happens if the vSphere server has a downtime event (planned or unplanned)?

Highly available shared storage is an essential component for mission critical applications. In conjunction with VMotion, administrators are able to build a robust High
Availability solution for their VMware environment.

SvSAN High Availability delivers a highly available virtual SAN using internal server storage which is resilient to the failure of a server or its storage.  It enables a highly available vSphere environment to be created  while eliminating the cost and complexity of external SAN storage.

A vCenter plug-in makes highly available datastores a reality without requiring any specialized SAN expertise.

• High Availability: delivers a highly available vSphere environment by leveraging the internal disks of your vSphere server
  
  
• Remove Cost & Complexity: all the benefits of High Availability without the need for an expensive and external SAN
  
  
• Continuous Availability: no more downtime or interruption to your business
  
  
• Automated Management: automated configuration of high availability paths
  

Key Features:

• Highly available datastores
  
  
• Integrated vCenter management
  
  
• Storage redundancy utilizing vSphere internal disk drives
  
  
• Automated configuration of high availability VMotion fully enabled without the need for external shared storage
  
  

Get more details about SvSAN High Availability by reviewing the following product background sheet:

• StorMagic SvSAN High Availability Overview (PDF)