04 April 2018

The ready to use micro data centre features hardware from APC, Dell/EMC as well as hypervisors from VMWare or Microsoft, and StorMagic’s virtual SAN software.

StorMagic has developed an integrated micro data centre designed specifically for hyperconverged and edge computing environments. 

According to the company, Branch in a Boxis a cost-effective, integrated bundle comprising rack, power, servers, storage, networking and management software.

The system utilises key components from APC/Schneider Electric’s data centre infrastructure portfolio including its physical enclosure, UPS, PDU, cooling, environmental monitoring and security and management software.

It also includes redundant hyper-converged appliances based on Dell/EMC servers and switches, VMware vSphereor Microsoft Hyper-Vhypervisors, and StorMagic’s virtual SAN software. 

All pre-integration between key components is delivered through UK distributor Exertis prior to shipping. Once on site, all hardware and software is ready-to-use, and is said to offer a simple, turnkey solution to consolidate and run mission-critical applications at remote and branch offices, retail outlets and SME data centres.

“StorMagic and APC by Schneider Electric’s Branch in a Boxis a great example of two companies coming together to solve a growing customer problem,” says  John Glendenning, SVP sales and business development, StorMagic. “Organisations needing simple, low-cost IT solutions to run their businesses at the edge of the enterprise now have an option that requires minimal resource to deploy and manage, whilst significantly improving uptime.”