Sheetz Migrates 838 Stores from VMware to StorMagic

Sheetz, a US convenience store chain, is undertaking a large-scale migration of its 838 store locations away from VMware's virtualization software. The company has utilized VMware virtualization across two Dell R440/R450-series servers at each location since 2019. The decision to move stems from "too much uncertainty" created by Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, according to Scott Robertson, infrastructure team manager at Sheetz. Sheetz is migrating 12 to 14 virtual machines (VMs) per store from VMware vSphere to StorMagic's SvHCI. Additionally, two VMs per store will be transitioned from Windows 10 to Windows 11 in the coming months. In total, Sheetz will move approximately 11,000 VMs from Broadcom's virtualization platform. The company is retaining its original Dell server hardware for this transition. As of today, Sheetz has successfully completed the migration for over 600 stores, with an average of 200 stores being migrated each month. The company anticipates completing the entire migration process within the next four months. This move represents a significant shift for Sheetz's IT infrastructure, impacting a substantial number of its retail locations.