近日,权威市场分析机构 Gartner 发布 2025 中国区超融合市场竞争格局报告:Competitive Landscape: Chinese HCI Vendors(以下简称“报告”)。SmartX 凭借全栈超融合产品能力,以及对金融、制造、医疗等行业大中型客户的覆盖赢得 Gartner 认可,在报告中作为专业超融合厂商(Specialist HCI vendors)代表获得重点推荐与介绍。
本次报告是 Gartner 继 2019 年和 2022 年发布中国区超融合市场竞争格局报告之后,第三次对中国区超融合市场趋势与主流厂商进行深度梳理与解析。作为超融合领域的专业厂商,SmartX 历经十年发展,从最初自研分布式块存储到如今的全栈超融合解决方案,SmartX 不断强化产品竞争力,拓展行业覆盖,深化生态合作,逐步构建起从技术到市场的全方位优势,也因此获得 Gartner 的持续关注与认可:
- 在 2019 年的报告中,Gartner 重点关注 SmartX 的自主研发能力以及“生产就绪”的产品。
- 在 2022 年的报告中,Gartner 明确地指出 SmartX 在可靠性与性能方面成功构建产品竞争力,覆盖关键业务、一般业务、ROBO 等多种场景。
- 在 2025 年的报告中,Gartner 重点强调 SmartX 的全栈超融合产品能力,并指出 SmartX HCI 可作为支持所有主流业务工作负载的云平台。
在最新的报告中,Gartner 对 SmartX 的介绍如下:
SmartX 是专业的超融合供应商,并以自主研发的分布式块存储产品 ZBS 为业内所熟知。近年来,SmartX 持续投入研发,逐步发展成为全栈超融合供应商。
SmartX HCI 以超融合软件 SMTX OS 为核心,其支持 VMware vSphere 虚拟化、并提供原生虚拟化 ELF。在 2024 年发布的最新版本中,SmartX HCI 集成了文件存储、虚拟专有云网络、分布式防火墙、Kubernetes 管理与服务、备份和容灾等功能。统一管理平台 CloudTower 可对以上功能进行集中管理,其还具备自动化运维 (O&M) 能力。
SmartX HCI 能够以纯软件和一体机(SMTX Halo)两种方式交付,其中纯软件交付支持许可和订阅两种模式。目前,SmartX 主要服务于金融、制造和医疗行业的大中型客户。
Gartner 对 SmartX 竞争力的主要评价如下:
通过可靠性与性能建立护城河,可作为云平台支持主流业务:SmartX 在可靠性和性能方面成功建立了产品竞争力,使其超融合平台能够作为支持所有主流业务工作负载的云平台。
覆盖金融、制造、医疗等行业大中型客户,复购率高:SmartX 在金融、医疗和制造业的中大型企业中具有强大的市场覆盖率。现有客户的高复购率有效证明了其技术实力和良好的用户体验。SmartX 目前正努力将其成功扩展到更多垂直领域。
开放的生态体系,信创部署规模达数千节点:作为一家纯软件供应商,SmartX 已经建立了一个广泛且开放的生态系统,提供跨操作系统、虚拟化和云管理平台的多供应商支持。在信创处理器支持方面,SmartX 已完成和海光、鲲鹏、飞腾和兆芯的认证,并在企业中部署了数千个节点。
丰富的技术生态,面向边缘与 AI 机遇推出解决方案:除了直接覆盖大型企业外,SmartX 还建立了广泛的 ISV 合作伙伴关系,包括专注于数据保护、数据库和行业特定解决方案的合作伙伴,以构建同时具备广度与深度解决方案。公司与硬件供应商和解决方案提供商密切合作,抓住边缘计算和 AI 解决方案中的新兴机遇。SmartX 还积极拓展国际市场,已在亚太地区获得了客户。
报告还对华为、深信服等厂商进行了评价,并分析了中国区超融合市场的现状与发展趋势,可点击链接,获取详细报告解读。以下为 SmartX 相关部分报告原文:
Product or Portfolio Overview
SmartX is a dedicated HCI vendor, recognized for its fully self-developed block storage solution, ZBS. In recent years, SmartX has consistently invested in R&D to evolve into a full-stack HCI vendor.
The core of its HCI product, SMTX OS, supports VMware vSphere and its own KVM-based hypervisor, ELF. In the latest version released in 2024, SmartX HCI has integrated support for file storage, virtual private networks, distributed firewall, Kubernetes services, backup and disaster recovery. These functions are centrally managed through CloudTower, which also includes automated operation and maintenance (O&M) capabilities.
SmartX HCI is available as either software or an appliance, known as Halo. For the software version, SmartX offers both licensing and subscription models. The company targets midsize and large enterprises, particularly in the financial services, manufacturing and healthcare sectors.
How This Provider Competes
- SmartX has successfully established product competitiveness in reliability and performance, enabling its HCI platform to function as a cloud platform that supports all mainstream business workloads.
- The company has a strong presence in midsize and large enterprises within the finance, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. The high repeat purchase rate among existing customers effectively demonstrates its technical strength and positive user experience. SmartX is now working to expand its success into additional verticals.
- As a pure-play software vendor, SmartX has developed a broad and open ecosystem, offering multivendor support across systems, virtualization and cloud management platforms. In terms of local processor support, SmartX has been certified on Hygon, Kunpeng, Phytium and Zhaoxin, with thousands of nodes deployed in enterprises.
- In addition to direct coverage of large enterprises, SmartX has established a wide range of independent software vendor (ISV) partnerships, including those focused on data protection, databases, digital workspaces and industry-specific solutions, to build vertically and horizontally integrated solutions. The company collaborates closely with hardware vendors and solution providers to capitalize on emerging opportunities in edge computing and AI solutions.
- SmartX is also actively expanding into international markets, having secured customers in the Asia/Pacific region.
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