Virtualization: Learn about the future with PlateSpin Products from Novell

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PlateSpin Virtualisation & Consolidated Disaster Recovery

Simon Briggs, Technical Sales Specialist


About PlateSpin

Global Independent Software Vendor

Three Lead Product Families

Workload Management

Solutions

•PlateSpin PowerConvert

•PlateSpin PowerRecon

•PlateSpin Forge

•Server Consolidation

•Disaster Recovery

•End of Lease Hardware Upgrades

•Data Center Relocation

Part of NovellData Centre Division

• Headquartered in Toronto Canada• Customers and resellers globally• 7000+ Satisfied Customers

Four Product Families

• PlateSpin Recon• PlateSpin Migrate• PlateSpin Protect• PlateSpin Forge

Workload ManagementSolutions

• Server Consolidation• Disaster Recovery• End of Lease Hardware Migrations• Data Center Site Moves


Data CenterEnd-User

Computing

Novell® Plays in Three Major Markets

Identityand Security


Novell Solutions

Build Secure Manage MeasureEnterprise Linux Servers

SUSE® Appliance Program

Identity and Access Management

Compliance Management

Security Management

Virtualization and Workload Management

Endpoint Management

Business Service Management


PlateSpin Technology Overview


What is a Server Workload?

ServerServer

DataData

ApplicationsApplications

Operating SystemOperating System

A workload is the operating system, applications and data that reside on a physical server or virtual host.


Another Term?!

Physical ServerPhysical Server Virtual HostVirtual Host

1 workload per physical server

Multiple workloads per physical server


PlateSpin Technology


PlateSpin Workload Management Products


PlateSpin Recon provides data collection, analysis, capacity planning and chargeback assessment.

What resources arein the data center?

What workloads are running on

those resources?

How effectively are workloads assigned

to resources?

Create plans to optimize workloads

and resources

PlateSpin® Recon


Graphical Reports


Building Consolidation Plans – Energy and Space

Scenario 2

Scenario 1


Building Consolidation Plans – Resource Usage

Scenario 2

Scenario 1


Decouple workloadfrom host

infrastructure

Live peer-to-peer workload migration

With PlateSpin Migrate, you can automatically migrate server workloads over the network.

Migration testingSync-up prior

to cut-over

PlateSpin® Migrate

PhysicalServers

VirtualHosts

BladeServers

ImageArchives

Workload Decoupledfrom Hardware

DataData




Server Sync: Optimized Testing

1 App. Users

InitialWorkloadCopy

3 ServerSync

4 App. UsersCutover

2 App. UsersTest &

Verify

App Test Team


Server Sync: Optimized Testing

Test your virtualized environment with minimal downtime

With PlateSpin

Without PlateSpin

Migrate

Test

Cut Over

Migrate

Test & Validate

Cut Over


Image backup/restore,hardware independent restore, consolidated

recovery

Incrementalreplication

PlateSpin Protect enables whole-workload replication of server workloads.

Easy to testOne-click

failover

PlateSpin® Protect

PhysicalServers

VirtualMachines

VirtualMachines

ImageArchives

Workload Decoupledfrom Hardware

DataData




PlateSpin Protect – Consolidated Recovery

Inventory

Plan

Configure

INFO

INFO

INFO

INFO

INFO

INFO


Inventory

Plan

Configure



Backup

Replicate

Failover

Restore

Test

Featured Solution – Consolidated Recovery


Backup

Replicate

Failover

Restore

Test



PlateSpin Forge ®

PlateSpin Forge is a disaster recovery hardware appliance able to protect up to 25 workloads.

Live incremental replication of production

workloads

Simplify recovery with one click failover

Gain visibility into protection with reporting

and alerting

Hardware independent failback

PhysicalServer

VirtualMachines PlateSpin Forge

Disaster Recovery Appliance


SAN Integration


Multiple Recovery Points


Forge 3.0 Hardware Options

1 Upgradeable in 5-workload add-on packs up to a maximum of 25 workloads

2 Expandable up to 144Gb

Model 310 325 510 525

Workloads 101 25 101 25

Storage - - 3.5 Tb 3.5 Tb

iSCSI / FC Yes Yes Yes Yes

Memory 32 Gb2 32 Gb2 32 Gb2 32 Gb2

CPU Cores 8 8 8 8

gigE Ports 6 6 6 6

Rack Units 1U 1U 2U 2U


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