HPE StorMagic SvSAN Standard - Perpetual License - 12 TB Capacity

Product Description

HPE StorMagic SvSAN Standard is a powerful software solution designed to transform direct-attached storage (DAS) within servers into a resilient, shared storage pool. By leveraging the internal drives of your servers, SvSAN eliminates the need for traditional, expensive SAN hardware, making enterprise-grade storage features accessible and cost-effective. This Standard edition is tailored for environments that require robust data availability and performance for virtual machines without the complexity or cost of dedicated storage arrays. The core innovation of SvSAN lies in its ability to create a virtual storage array (VSA) that resides directly on your hypervisor hosts. It pools the local disks from multiple servers, presenting them as a single, shared datastore to your virtualization platform, such as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V. This pooling enables features like high availability (HA) and distributed automatic failover, ensuring that virtual machines remain operational even if a server or its storage fails. The 12 TB capacity limit specified for this license defines the maximum amount of storage that can be managed by this particular SvSAN deployment. This perpetual license signifies that the right to use the software is owned indefinitely, providing long-term value and predictable costs. The Standard edition typically includes essential features for data protection and availability, such as synchronous mirroring between servers, automatic failover, and RAID-like protection. It is an excellent choice for small to medium-sized businesses, remote offices, or branch offices (ROBO) that need reliable storage for their virtualized workloads while optimizing IT infrastructure costs and simplifying management.