vCenter offers VMware’s vSphere users a simple, efficient and unified way to manage all your hosts and VM’s in your environment from a single console with aggregate performance monitoring of clusters, hosts and VMs.
But what about your storage?
Traditional shared storage solutions used to achieve VMware features such as high availability, vMotion and DRS are commonly known for their lack of flexibility and simplicity. Many look at storage virtual appliance (SVA) to solve these challenges but often these are not totally satisfied as many still lack vCenter integration and the many benefits that it provides.
Quick installation and Deployment of Storage
Storage Virtual Appliances (SVA) which are integrated into vCenter enables the end-user the ability to deploy a high availability enabled environment in less than 60 minutes where traditional methods could take the best part of a day.
Intuitive setup wizard’s makes deployment and configuration of shared storage a simplified task freeing time for more productive initiatives.
Ease of Use
Integration offers users the familiar single-pane-of-glass management of vCenter which means less time is spent learning a new system and more time is “business as usual”.
Central Management
Multi-site environments have many challenges associated with them and one of the more common is the management of branch offices.
vCenter offers users server and VM management of multiple locations from a single user friendly platform.
Integration into this extends these benefits to the management of the branch office storage which enables IT Administrators to manage the entire branch environment from one familiar user friendly interface.
Finding the right Storage Virtual Appliance can be a challenge in itself and by knowing what to look for in the right appliance separates the right choice from the wrong choice. StorMagic’sSvSAN provides the single-pane-of-glass management and flexibility end-users look for.