StorMagic announced availability of its all-inclusive “Edge in a Box” solution, optimized to run edge or small data center onsite applications with 100 percent uptime. “Edge in a Box” includes Schneider Electric’s innovative 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center, any two x86 servers and StorMagic SvSAN software for less than $12,000.
Enterprise customers with hundreds or thousands of sites as well as SMBs (small to medium sized businesses) with less than five sites can begin processing, managing and storing data in minutes, on the leanest, most lightweight solution on the market.
“Edge in a Box” is simple to install and manage without requiring onsite IT staff, making it ideal for both edge computing sites and SMBs. The solution can be tailored to meet exact customer requirements and includes Schneider Electric’s 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center composed of a unique wall-mountable low-profile enclosure, APC Smart-UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and customizable physical security, remote management and servicing options.
The solution supports servers from manufacturers like Dell, HPE and Lenovo with any combination of disk drive, memory and processor.
Customers can choose from VMware, Microsoft or open-source KVM.
SvSAN provides storage virtualization, high availability and a lightweight remote witness that can manage up to 1,000 edge sites.
“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 Electric. “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 systems faster while still ensuring resiliency. ‘Edge in a Box’ with our EcoStruxure Micro Data Center complete with remote management is an ideal solution to meet these requirements.”
“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.”
StorMagic’s “Edge in a Box” is currently available with pricing starting below US$12,000. It is available from a global network of joint StorMagic and Schneider Electric channel partners.
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