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PlateSpin
provides the most advanced data center automation software designed to
optimize the
use of server resources across the enterprise to improve business
service levels and lower costs. Accelerate initiatives such as server
consolidations, disaster recovery, lease migrations, test lab
deployments, and ongoing data center optimization.
Contact our
sales force to learn more about
PlateSpin products.
Product Offerings
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PlateSpin PowerConvert
Make your servers work for you
PlateSpin
PowerConvert provides anywhere-to-anywhere automated migrations
of data, applications, and operating systems between physical
servers, blade infrastructures, virtual machines, and image
archives.
PowerConvert’s OS Portability (patent pending) is the first and
only technology that decouples data, applications and operating
systems from servers, re-configures and optimizes resources, and
automatically streams them to any physical or virtual platform.
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PlateSpin PowerRecon
Change the way you look
at your data center
PlateSpin
PowerRecon agentlessly matches server resources with application
workloads providing deeper insight into the data center
landscape and server utilization. PlateSpin PowerRecon provides
new levels of intelligence and visual analysis for consolidating
and optimizing the data center by collecting hardware, software
and services inventory with absolutely no manual effort or
disruptive agent technology. Additionally, PowerRecon remotely
gathers workload utilization statistics to provide a clear and
concise picture of the application services running in the data
center and how their resources are being used.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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100%
Automated Concurrent Conversions for “Lights Out” Consolidations
No boot CDs. No physical contact with source or target machines
required. Configure multiple conversions to run concurrently,
all from a single point of control.1
1 For bare metal devices (e.g. new servers without the OS), the
user may need to insert a PlateSpin boot-CD to properly take
control of the server.
Live
Conversions
PowerConvert Live Transfer feature enables the migration of
active Windows servers or the capturing of server images without
taking the source servers offline or having to reboot.
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Automated V2V upgrades to VMware Infrastructure 3
Upgrade from VMware ESX Server 2.1 to VMware Infrastructure 3
with minimal downtime using PowerConvert’s Live Transfer
functionality. Full configuration control enables users to
reconfigure virtual machines as needed during the conversion.
The result is a fully updated native VMware Infrastructure 3
virtual machine.
Maximum Adaptability with On-the-fly Configuration
Reconfigure and right-size CPU, Disk, Memory and Network
resources on-the-fly for target machines.
Hardware Independent Images
Create and deploy PlateSpin Flexible ImagesTM from servers or
connect directly to popular third party images or backups for
easy provisioning and recovery to any physical or virtual
infrastructure regardless of hardware configuration.
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FEATURES
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Anywhere-to-Anywhere Conversions
Optimize data center on-demand
Convert between any combination of source and target, in any
direction, whether physical, virtual, or image on-demand.
Live Transfer
Reduce system downtime
PowerConvert Live Transfer enables the migration or image
capture of active Windows servers without taking the source
servers offline or having to reboot. Reduce system downtime
during migration or create regular backups of production
systems.
Secure Conversions
High security protocols protect data
128-bit AES encryption and end-to-end SSL support provides
state-of-the-art protection for high-security environments.
Automatic Discovery
View the entire landscape for easy deployment
Automatically discover existing physical or virtual machines
through the network for complete hardware, OS, services and
application inventory. Easily identify servers for
consolidation, disaster recovery, or test lab projects.
Drag and Drop Interface
Reduces the learning curve and shortens the time to convert
Expertise is built in. Advanced OS or virtual knowledge not
required. Use the drag-and-drop interface to discover and
convert.
PlateSpin Flexible Images
Saves time and effort
Capture server images remotely without the need to visit
servers. Since no software or agents are installed on the imaged
server, change request needs are minimized. Schedule image
captures to keep image repositories updated for quick image
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On-the-fly Configuration
Adapt quickly to available resources
Reconfigure and right-size CPU, disk, memory and network
resources on-the-fly to adjust to target machine resources.
Change critical parameters on restore and right-size the target
to match workload needs.
Image Support
Multiple Image support leverages existing image inventory
Reuse and redeploy images (PlateSpin or Third-Party) over and
over, across different hardware for quick conversion deployment.
Capture it once, re-use it repeatedly.
Remote Control
Reduce overhead through a single conversion control point
No boot CDs and no physical contact with source or target
machines is required, saving time and cost related to having IT
staff on site at remote locations.3
3 For bare metal devices (e.g. servers without operating
systems), the user may need to insert a PlateSpin boot-CD to
properly take control of the server.
PowerSDK
Develop applications that leverage PlateSpin’s OS Portability
The PowerSDK allows ISVs, service providers, and data centers to
easily integrate PlateSpin’s OS Portability technology into
applications through industry standard protocols. The rich
object based .NET API provides an ideal integration point for
advanced in-house and commercial management systems.
Source System Integrity
Minimizes risk
Source systems remain unchanged. After the conversion, the
system optionally restarts the source machine for
production-ready operations.
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HOW IT WORKS
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Step 1 :
Inventory
Remotely
discover server hardware and software assets across the data
center without having to install agents. Gather detailed
information for each server such as operating system, installed
and running applications or services, patch levels, CPU, memory,
network and disk resources. Simply connect to the network,
select relevant computers or domains, and data on hardware and
resources are rapidly collected into a centralized database.
Organize servers by pre-defined and user-defined groupings for
organized analysis.
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Step 2 : Collect
Identify
workloads and collect utilization data over days, weeks or
months. PlateSpin PowerRecon collects the key data points to
determine workload sizes and appropriate resource matching. Once
completed, create dynamic reports to identify workload and
resource mismatches and identify candidate workloads for
consolidation or resource upgrading. Use expression sorting
capabilities for the easy ranking of server workloads by CPU,
network, disk, or memory inventory and/or performance. View
summary workload sizing data or drill down to point-in-time
granular levels. Export the data if needed to third party tools
or copy highly visual graphs to business presentations.
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Features
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PowerRecon
Features
Secure On-site Data Collection and Analysis
Data is controlled and contained by the user for optimal
security PlateSpin PowerRecon keeps all proprietary data
contained in the data center. No need to export data or ship it
off-site for analysis, PowerRecon provides secure data analysis
and reporting without the risk.
Agentless Operations
Maintain server integrity
PlateSpin PowerRecon is completely agentless, eliminating the
need to physically touch data center servers. Servers remain
unchanged, all performance and inventory data is collected
remotely via standard OS instrumentation capabilities.
Rich Data Modeling
Define parameters most relevant
to your data center
Analyze and compare resources and workloads for a deeper view of
utilization trends to make better consolidation choices. Get a
high level summary or drill down into the data for the various
levels of granularity required by VARs, SIs, System
Administrators, Data Center Architects and Data Center Managers.
Virtual Infrastructure Aware
Deeper insight into server hierarchies
PlateSpin PowerRecon is aware of the difference between virtual
machines and physical servers. Easily identify physical servers,
virtual machines and virtual host hierarchies throughout the
data center at a glance.
Build Custom Reports
Quickly identify the servers most appropriate for consolidation
Define resource and workload parameters and generate custom
visual reports to accelerate data center assessments and server
consolidations. Sort servers by workload quickly to identify
trends in resource utilization and match resource supply with
workload demands over time. Isolate consolidation candidates and
identify workload characteristics before and after
consolidation.
Data Export
Easily capture and export data
PlateSpin PowerRecon data can be easily exported to a number of
formats. Users can export data to HTML, PDF, Word, CSV, Excel or
Images for report creation or further data analysis.
Additionally, raw data can be extracted directly from the
database to business intelligence solutions for advanced
statistical analysis.
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Consolidation
Planning Module Features
Consolidation Planning
Automatically generate server consolidation plans
Completely automated determination of the optimal fit between
server workloads and virtual resources.
Workload Packing
Analyze and pack workloads over five dimensions
The Consolidation Planning Module automatically analyzes the
five critical dimensions of workload: CPU, Disk, Memory,
Network, and Time across hundreds of servers simultaneously,
providing consolidation plans that maximize utilization while
minimizing resource contention.
Scenario Modeling
Customize consolidation scenarios
to meet unique data center needs
Create custom scenarios with user defined target servers
specifications and virtual hosts, or use the included server
templates to create an optimal consolidation plan.
Time-Based Analysis
Account for time interval dynamics
Stagger multiple workloads evenly across virtual
hosts and account for hourly peaks and valleys inherent in
server utilization trends.
System Requirements
PowerRecon Server
Minimum Requirements
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Pentium III, 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 4 GB Free
Disk Space
.NET Framework v2.0 and MDAC v2.6
Multiple Platform Monitoring
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000 (Advanced) Server, 2003 Server,
XP, RedHat Linux 7.3, 8.x,
9.x, AS 3, ES 3
SuSE Linux (coming soon)
Virtual Machines
VMware ESX Server
VMware Server
Microsoft Virtual Server
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