VMWorld Europe: StorMagic Edge in a Box’ Solution Includes Schneider Electric 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center and SvSAN Software

StorMagic, Inc. announced its all-inclusive Edge in a Box solution, optimized to run edge or small datacenter onsite applications with 100% uptime.

Edge in a Box includes Schneider Electric’s 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center, any two x86 servers and the company’s SvSAN software for less than $12,000. Enterprise customers with hundreds or thousands of sites as well as SMBs with less than 5 sites can begin processing, managing and storing data in minutes, on a lean, lightweight solution.

“StorMagic’s ‘Edge in a Box’ is designed for edge computing environments not optimized for IT systems, and leverages Schneider Electric’s self-contained, secure, wall-mountable EcoStruxure Micro Data Center for hyperconverged architectures,” said Jim Simonelli, SVP emerging businesses, secure power division, Schneider. “Industries such as retail, manufacturing and SLED are all looking for ways to lower the cost of IT at smaller locations, deploy standardized, pre-integrated sytems faster while still ensuring resilency. ‘Edge in a Box’ with our EcoStruxure Micro Data Center complete with remote management is an ideal solution to meet these requirements.“

Edge in a Box is simple to install and manage and does not require onsite IT staff, making it for both edge computing sites and SMBs.

Complete solution can be tailored to meet exact customer requirements and includes following components:

• 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center – This integrated infrastructure solution is composed of a wall-mountable low-profile enclosure, APC Smart-UPS and customizable physical security, remote management and servicing options.

• Any two x86 servers – The solution supports servers from leading manufacturers like Dell, HPE and Lenovo with any combination of disk drive, memory and processor.

• Server virtualization software – Customers can choose from VMware, Microsoft or open-source KVM.

• SvSAN software – SvSAN provides storage virtualization, HA and a lightweight remote witness that can manage up to 1,000 edge sites.

“StorMagic’s ‘Edge in a Box’ is a very lightweight, budget-friendly offering that allows any edge site or SMB to deploy a simple IT solution optimized for fast onsite integration,” said Bruce Kornfeld, CMO and GM-Americas, StorMagic. “SvSAN is compatible with any x86 server, with any configuration and the leading hypervisors, so customers have the ultimate flexibilty to deploy only what they need, keeping costs to a bare minimum.“

Edge in a Box was on display for the first time at VMWorld Europe in company’s booth.

Edge in a Box is available with pricing starting below $12,000. It is available from a global network of joint StorMagic and Schneider Electric channel partners.

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