StorMagic SvSAN* for VMware vSphere ESX and ESXi Installable* - Intel® Server Board S3420GP

The StorMagic Storage Virtual Appliance* (SVA*), powered by the Intel® Server Board S3420GP,runs as a virtual machine on a VMware ESX or ESXi Installable* server, enabling features such as VMotion* and High Availability to be used without needing external SAN storage. The SVA acts like a conventional external storage appliance, providing a range of storage services. It takes control of the host server’s directly attached storage and presents it to the Virtual Infrastructure as a virtual iSCSI SAN. The SVA provides storage services such as synchronous mirrors and snapshots. The SVA has a powerful yet easy-to-use management interface, StorMagic Manager Suite*, that is integrated into the VMware Virtual Infrastructure as a vCenter plugin. This is smart storage made simple.

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