New low-cost solutions ideal for SMBs and remote-office/branch-office customers (ROBO), available from Arrow Electronics
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 17, 2015: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and StorMagic today announced new low-cost hyperconverged solutions for remote-office/branch office (ROBO) markets available through Arrow Electronics. The solutions are ideal for small business and distributed enterprise customers, providing highly available, reliable virtual infrastructure that fits their unique requirements for a simple and reliable bundled solution that can be tailored to specific environments.
“Lenovo is recognized as a leader in the x86 server and storage market and is excited to continue to bring market value to our clients through our relationship with hyperconverged firms like StorMagic,” said Brian Hamel, vice president and general manager, Lenovo North America Enterprise Business Group. “By partnering with Lenovo and leveraging our broad portfolio of x86 systems, StorMagic and its advanced SvSAN virtual storage capabilities is well positioned to provide remote office/branch office clients and small business customers alike a compelling combination of cutting-edge performance and field-proven reliability.”
The new hyperconverged Solution from StorMagic and Lenovo leverages Lenovo’s portfolio of powerful enterprise servers, including the versatile, entry-level 1U ThinkServer RS140 and System x3250 M5, as well as the high performance 2U ThinkServer RD650, to offer customers a reliable, scalable option for every environment. Added to these servers is StorMagic’s SvSAN software-defined storage platform, which enables enterprises to eliminate downtime of business critical applications through virtualized shared storage. Starting at $5,000, this highly reliable solution delivers a cost effective and highly available environment for retail, banking, education and hospitality customers with multi-site offices.
With a simple two-server configuration equipped with SvSAN, the solution enables a lower cost-of-entry into shared storage in virtualized environments. The solution also delivers up to a 40 percent decrease in total cost of ownership through reduced power, cooling and maintenance costs and a minimized need for dedicated IT resources. Customers also gain greater flexibility: both SvSAN and Lenovo’s servers are easily scalable as storage needs grow and can support multiple hypervisor platforms to streamline integration into existing infrastructure. The hyperconverged Solution also provides an intuitive, standardized management interface that allows multiple two-server shared storage bundles to be managed and provisioned quickly and simply either locally, or remotely, from a central location.
“SMBs and organizations with multiple sites require affordable infrastructure that provides high availability in a small, durable footprint and remote management capabilities,” said Hans O’Sullivan, CEO of StorMagic. “Historically, those requirements were contradictory and difficult to realize. StorMagic’s partnership with Lenovo eliminates the need for complex SANs and drives down the cost of hyperconverged solutions that underpin an enterprise class, highly available IT infrastructure.”
Availability:
The hyperconverged Solution from StorMagic and Lenovo is now available in North America starting at $5,000 and currently distributed through Arrow Electronics. Customers should contact an Arrow business partner representative for more information.
ABOUT LENOVO
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $46 billion global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology. Our portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and multimode YOGA brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs and a family of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola brand), tablets and apps. Join us on LinkedIn, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@Lenovo) or visit us at www.lenovo.com.
ABOUT STORMAGIC
StorMagic is the software-defined storage company enabling a hyper-converged infrastructure for virtualized environments. StorMagic offers SvSAN, the most cost-effective, centrally managed virtual SAN for small and distributed enterprises, reducing server and software spend by as much as 40 percent. SvSAN makes the proven benefits of virtualization technology available to more cost sensitive small enterprise and remote office locations. SvSAN delivers performance and reliability where it’s needed most; the remote and branch offices where customers connect with the brand.
