Software aids in server consolidation/capacity planning.
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PowerRecon v1.0 resource utilization measurement solution facilitates capacity planning and server consolidation in virtual infrastructure. Installed on laptop, desktop, or server environment, software enables data centers to remotely inventory, measure, and record server resource utilization levels in as little as 1 min without installing software agents on servers. Users can configure custom resource measurement definitions to suit assessment needs.
Original Press Release:
PlateSpin Introduces Server Consolidation and Capacity Planning Solution
PlateSpin PowerRecon 1.0 expands PlateSpin's leading server consolidation product portfolio
Toronto - Apr 12, 2005 : PlateSpin today announced the general availability of PowerRecon 1.0, a light-weight resource utilization measurement solution for capacity planning and server consolidation to virtual infrastructure. With the release of PowerRecon 1.0, data centers of all sizes can inventory, measure and record resource utilization levels of their servers remotely, allowing users to quickly and easily capture relevant capacity planning information for server consolidation projects. When combined with PlateSpin PowerP2V, the industry leading software solution that allows data centers to perform completely automated migrations of physical servers to virtual machines, the user has access to a closed-loop solution that greatly increases the accuracy and accelerates the pace at which server consolidation can be completed.
With PlateSpin PowerRecon, PlateSpin customers can quickly and easily analyze servers in their data centers to determine their suitability for consolidation into VMware and Microsoft virtual infrastructure host platforms or Blade-based environments. PlateSpin PowerRecon can be installed on any Windows laptop, desktop or server environment and used to remotely collect data in as little as one minute without the need to install software agents on servers.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Kick-off and accelerate server consolidation assessments without server disruption
Light-weight footprint and agent-less architecture allows you to begin gathering relevant statistics sooner and faster. Measure CPU, memory, network, and disk resources on Windows NT / 2000 and 2003 platforms with Linux support planned for later in Q2. PlateSpin PowerRecon is also ideal for systems integrators who need to avoid disturbing customer environments as no agent software needs to be installed.
Identify under-utilized and over-utilized servers quickly and easily
Users can configure their own custom resource measurement definitions to suit their assessment needs. Through PlateSpin PowerRecon, servers can be ranked by CPU, network, disk, or memory inventory and/or performance, all with a simple click.
Easily identify complementary resource trends across servers for optimal consolidation
Identify servers appropriate for consolidation quickly and easily through combinations of real-time, historical, and graphical views. Use trend and moving average data to group servers based on staggered resource usage.
Complements PlateSpin PowerP2V
Use PlateSpin PowerRecon to help identify which servers to consolidate to virtual infrastructure, and then use PlateSpin PowerP2V to completely automate the physical-to-virtual migration process.
"PlateSpin PowerRecon will accelerate our server consolidation projects significantly." Said Henry Jenkins, Chief Technology Officer at First American Trust, a division of First American Corporation. "We are able to inventory and gather useful performance metrics over our entire data center, from a single point of control, without needing to install software agents on machines."
"With the release of PlateSpin PowerRecon, we will be able to identify the servers with the performance and resource characteristics that make them ideal for consolidation." Said Matthew Legg, Technical Consultant of Norwich Union. "Additionally, we will be able to determine where those servers should be allocated based on complementary workload characteristics to increase efficiency and performance on virtual machine hosts."
"With PlateSpin PowerRecon, we can start gathering data about a customer's data center in a matter minutes." Said Cam Merrett, Director of TecDem Ltd. "After measuring for a period of time, PlateSpin PowerRecon helps identify under-utilized servers quickly so that we can perform our analysis and present our findings to the customer to begin the consolidation phase of the project."
"To us, a server consolidation project should be on-going, whereby servers are moved onto the most suitable hardware platforms on a periodic basis." Said Pat Burke, I.T. Services Manager of Psion Teklogix. "The combination of PlateSpin PowerRecon and PlateSpin PowerP2V can help us to create a continuously balanced data center, whereby we can track how servers are performing beyond the initial server consolidation project."
"The combination of PlateSpin PowerRecon and PowerP2V provides a robust and comprehensive value-based server consolidation solution to the marketplace" Said Stephen Pollack, CEO, PlateSpin Ltd. "By providing a low-touch way to easily measure server resources and their performance characteristics, users will be able to make better, more informed decisions about where to migrate servers to virtual infrastructure using PowerP2V. The release of PlateSpin PowerRecon is a step towards PlateSpin providing a solution suite for continuous infrastructure optimization, where data centers can perform on-going right-sizing by moving servers from 'anywhere-to-anywhere' based on current and historical resource utilization metrics."
Pricing and Availability
PlateSpin PowerRecon 1.0 is available to the general public today. A one-month starter subscription can be purchased for $995 for a 25 server pack. PlateSpin is also offering annual and perpetual subscriptions as well as special bundles when purchased together with PlateSpin PowerP2V. Please visit our website at www.platespin.com for details.
About PlateSpin Ltd.
PlateSpin is a leading supplier of technology and solutions that help companies measure, consolidate and optimize the server resources in the data center. PlateSpin's unique workload portability platform is ideal for enterprises looking to balance and optimize the use of both physical and virtual infrastructure server environments to improve service levels and lower operational costs. PlateSpin was recently named one of the top 25 up-and-coming technology companies by The Branham Group.
For more information, contact:
Mark Pileski
Marketing Communications
Tel: 416-203-4790
Email: mark.pileski@platespin.com
Website: www.platespin.com
