Storware & VergeIO
A Double-Protected VMware Alternative
Modernize IT Without Hardware Refreshes
Organizations exiting VMware need a resilient, cost-effective VMware alternative that protects their infrastructure while leveraging existing server and backup storage hardware. VergeIO and Storware provide a double-protected solution that combines real-time infrastructure resilience with long-term data protection, ensuring IT teams can modernize without unnecessary hardware upgrades or increased risk.
With VergeOS, virtualization, networking, and storage are unified in a single, optimized platform, ensuring that data protection is built into the infrastructure. Storware extends this protection with efficient backups, ransomware defense, and long-term data retention.
Protecting All Four Pillars of Infrastructure
Virtualization Resilience
VergeOS optimizes resource allocation and safeguards workloads against host failures with high-availability failover and real-time monitoring.
Storage Protection
VergeIO’s ioGuardian continuously monitors for drive failures and ensures automatic workload redistribution. ioClone snapshots provide instant rollback capabilities, while global inline deduplication enhances efficiency and performance.
Network Security
VergeIO’s software-defined networking (SDN) integrates security directly into the infrastructure, eliminating dependency on external appliances while enabling multi-site replication with ioReplicate.
Data Protection & Backup
Storware extends VergeIO’s real-time protection by providing long-term backup retention, ransomware defense, and compliance-driven archival solutions that work with existing backup storage.
Typical VMware Migration vs. VergeIO/Storware
A VMware exit shouldn’t mean starting over with costly new hardware. With VergeIO and Storware, IT teams can extend the life of their existing infrastructure while modernizing their environment. This approach reduces upfront costs and maximizes the return on previous hardware investments.
High TCO of Typical VMware Alternative
Buy New Hardware and Backup Storage
Many VMware alternatives force a rip-and-replace approach, requiring expensive new servers and backup storage, even when existing infrastructure is fully capable.
Shorten Server Lifecycle
Rigid compatibility lists and forced refresh cycles mean replacing hardware sooner than necessary, increasing capital expenses and disrupting IT operations.
Increase Support Costs
Multiple infrastructure components and licensing fees drive up operational expenses, adding complexity and straining IT budgets.
Strict Server Requirements for Scaling
Many solutions lock organizations into specific hardware vendors, limiting flexibility and making it difficult to scale on your own terms.
Fast ROI and Minimal TCO with VergeIO and Storware
Extend Server Lifecycle
VergeIO’s ioOptimize ensures IT can continue to run workloads on existing hardware by optimizing performance and resource utilization. Rather than forcing an immediate hardware refresh, ioOptimize helps organizations extend the useful life of their infrastructure.
Use Existing Server & Backup Storage
Storware supports a broad range of backup storage solutions, from object storage to leading backup appliances. IT teams can retain their current backup infrastructure instead of purchasing new hardware.
Lower Licensing and Support Costs
By consolidating virtualization, storage, networking, and data protection into a single platform, VergeIO eliminates the multiple licensing fees associated with traditional three-tier or HCI-based infrastructures.
Scale on Your Terms
Unlike HCI solutions that enforce strict hardware compatibility lists, organizations can mix and match hardware generations, allowing them to scale only when needed.
By leveraging existing hardware and avoiding unnecessary refreshes, IT teams can achieve a higher return on investment, optimize performance, and future-proof their infrastructure—all while dramatically reducing costs.
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