software defined storage

Flexit: Cisco Exits the HCI Market – HyperFlex End-of-Life

Cisco’s announcement of HyperFlex’s end-of-life has come as a surprise to many of its customers. Feelings of concern and uncertainty about what the future holds are understandable, even with Cisco proposing alternatives for their soon-to-be-retired solution. In this blog we will explore Cisco HyperFlex’s EOL, detailing what it means for customers, what is being proposed as its direct replacement, and [...]

Introducing StorMagic Edge Control: The New Tool for SvSAN Management

After much anticipation, we’re thrilled to announce the release of our latest product, StorMagic Edge Control. Able to simplify the administration of all SvSAN clusters, StorMagic Edge Control is an advanced hyperconverged storage monitoring and management tool that allows users to view the status of their clusters and easily make changes from anywhere. In this blog, we’ll be taking you [...]

Navigating the Software-Defined Storage Market

Today, IT professionals have many choices on how to solve server, storage, and networking requirements in the datacenter, and at the edge. Hyperconverged (HCI) appliances and software-defined storage (SDS) solutions have emerged as an excellent alternative to traditional three-tiered architecture. In this blog, we’ll be giving you a background on the software-defined storage market and technologies available from vendors. We’ll [...]

From Server Virtualization to Software-Defined Storage Solutions

Software-defined storage (SDS) solutions have come a long way in recent times and branched into areas that were previously thought impossible. IT best practice has always been about eliminating single points of failure. Back in the late 20th century, companies ran their software, applications and services on bare-metal servers which only had enough CPU to run one application at a [...]

All Flash Storage Overkill – Do I need a brand new or all flash HCI?

IT professionals: If you need to select a hyperconverged infrastructure solution for your organization’s edge sites, do you automatically choose something with high specifications, or take a moment to stop and analyze your actual compute, storage and processing requirements? Why? Because there’s a growing trend among IT professionals where many are deploying all flash HCI solutions that are 10 to [...]

Infographic: StorMagic SvSAN with HPE Servers and Systems

StorMagic SvSAN is a software-defined virtual SAN that is hardware agnostic - it can be installed on any x86 server. On top of this exceptional flexibility, StorMagic has developed partnerships with leading server vendors, including HPE, to provide end users and partners with simple, easy to obtain solutions that bundle hardware and software together. This SvSAN with HPE infographic details [...]

StorMagic Software-Defined Storage Expands Route to Market to Address Customer Needs at the Edge

BRISTOL, England –17 April, 2019– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that its software-defined storage product is now available to be sold by Dell Technologies direct and channel sales teams around the world. Dell EMC’s Software and Peripherals (S&P) group offers a full range of solutions that complement Dell EMC products and help end users optimize productivity, increase [...]