Compare Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series vs. StorMagic SvSAN

Installing a new hyperconverged infrastructure is often a project that requires significant do-it-yourself effort from customers, who need to handle the configuration, testing, debugging, optimization, and validation on their own. In contrast, the ThinkAgile VX Series simplifies this process by completing those necessary steps before the system even leaves the factory. When it arrives, the VX Series comes equipped with everything you need to get started, along with the support of Lenovo professional services for installation and configuration assistance. For a hyperconverged solution to be effective, it is crucial to have a dependable platform. The ThinkAgile VX Series combines Lenovo's top-tier servers with VMware vSAN, creating a robust base for business growth. It provides the flexibility to be configured for various use cases, and customers can choose from all-flash or hybrid configurations. Furthermore, scaling either compute or storage capacity is straightforward; you can begin with as few as three nodes and easily expand by either increasing the storage in each node or adding additional nodes to enhance performance and capacity. This adaptability makes the VX Series an ideal choice for businesses anticipating growth.

StorMagic SvSAN is simple hyperconverged storage that eliminates downtime. It provides high availability with two nodes per cluster, and is used by thousands of organizations to keep mission-critical applications and data online and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. SvSAN is a lightweight solution that has been designed specifically for small-to-medium-sized businesses and edge computing environments such as retail stores, manufacturing plants and even oil rigs at sea. SvSAN is a simple, 'set and forget' solution that ensures high availability as a virtual SAN (VSAN) with a witness VM that can be local, in the cloud, or as-a-service, supporting up to 1,000 2-node SvSAN clusters. IT professionals can deploy and manage 1,000 sites as easily as 1, with automation tools and scripts. It delivers 100% uptime with synchronous mirroring and no single point of failure, even with poor, unreliable networks, and non-disruptive hardware and software upgrades. Plus, SvSAN gives organizations choice and control by allowing configurations of any x86 server models and storage types, even mixed within a cluster, while vSphere, Hyper-V or KVM hypervisors can be used.