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- Consolidated Disaster Recovery Using Virtualization: Affordable Workload Protection and Recovery
- After years of stagnation in disaster recovery infrastructures, server virtualization is providing enterprises of all sizes with exciting new options for protecting a greater percentage of their workloads without breaking the bank. A significant number of organizations worldwide have already implemented successful workload protection and recovery plans using virtualization. Given...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Recovery, Workload Protection, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Storage
- White papers 2007-12-01
- TechNet Webcast: Optimize Your Data Center Using PlateSpin Solutions, Dell Servers, and Microsoft Virtual Server (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how PlateSpin enables the adoption, growth, and extension of virtualization in the data center with Dell servers and Microsoft virtual technologies. It also show how PlateSpin solutions reduce operational costs and help solve most critical data center challenges including server consolidation, hardware migration,...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Microsoft Virtual Server, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Webcast, Virtual Server, Microsoft Corp., Dell Server, Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2007-11-01
- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- Once viewed as a "once-and-done" IT project, server and data center consolidation has become a long-term strategic imperative. Faced with rising energy costs, looming power and cooling shortfalls, and corporate mandates to go green, it is highly likely that data centers will begin to consolidate more and more of their...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Server, Data Center Consolidation, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-08-20
- Solving 9 Common IT Challenges Through Workload Profiling and Portability
- By helping to dissolve the bonds between software and hardware, virtualization encourages organizations to see the data center in a different way â€" not as a heterogeneous mix of different servers, operating systems, applications and data, but as a set of portable workload units. At the most basic level, a...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Information Technology, Workload, Data Centers, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software
- White papers 2007-07-06
- PlateSpin Helps Essent Consolidate Three Data Centers Into One, Saves Company EUR 2 Million
- With some 700 Wintel servers, Essent's primary data center was already large and growing by approximately 100 servers per year. The company faced a number of challenges in accommodating this rapid growth including a lack of floor space and server capacity, as well as power and cooling shortfalls. By enabling...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Essent, Server, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-07-01
- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- This paper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload profiling and portability technology which has helped thousands of organizations accelerate their consolidation initiatives and optimize...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Data Center Consolidation, Consolidation Initiative, Data Centers, Server Consolidation, Roi/Tco, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2007-03-12
- Using Virtualization to Achieve Affordable Disaster Recovery: Physical-to-Virtual Disaster Recovery From Microsoft, PlateSpin, and Dell
- This whitepaper details PlateSpin's Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) Recovery solution, implemented using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) in conjunction with Dell PowerEdge Servers. The solution created by using these products makes it possible to create a disaster planning and recovery solution that can help provide enterprise-caliber rapid...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-01
- 8 Solutions Designed to Optimize the Data Center: The Power of OS Portability
- Sub-optimal server utilization negatively affects service levels and increases the costs of running the data center. Complex and heterogeneous infrastructures are hard to manage and require the continual attention of hands-on specialists. As more servers are introduced, complexity grows as does the number of people required to manage it. This...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Operating System, Data Centers, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Data Center Best Practices: Optimizing Service Infrastructure Through OS Portability
- Today's data center is an increasingly complex mixture of server platforms, hardware, operating systems, data, and applications that have accumulated over time. These legacy technologies are persistent, forming a collective of Windows and Linux servers that are costly to run and difficult to manage. Further complicating the problem, most of...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Operating System, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Ease the transition from NT to Windows Server 2003 with this tool
- If you're beginning to plan a migration from Windows NT to Windows Server 2003, one way you can buy yourself a little time is to move your NT servers to virtual machines hosted by VMware or Virtual Server 2005. Scott Lowe introduces you to a new tool that can make...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Scott Lowe MCSE, Server virtualization, tool, server, PlateSpin Inc., hardware, Windows Server 2003 Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows NT Server, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-12
- PlateSpin Pledges Extended Support for Citrix XenSever Customers
- PlateSpin ULC, a Novell company, today reaffirmed its commitment to support Citrix XenServer across the PlateSpin product line. XenServer support is a key element of PlateSpin's multiplatform strategy, which aims to offer enterprises a unified suite of solutions for managing heterogeneous data center environments and making physical and virtual infrastructures...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2008-09-03
Additional Resources
- Migrate old Windows NT 4.0 servers to VS2005 with the Virtual Server Migration Tool
- p2v with microsoftMicrosoft should try platespin p2v
- Tags: P2V, reinders@..., Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, server, tool
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- Physical to Physical Migration From IBM HS20 Blade to IBM HS21-XM Blade With Windows 2003 Operating System
- This paper details the procedure to perform physical to physical image migration based on Windows 2003 operating system from an HS20 (8843) 2-socket dual core blade to an IBM HS21-XM extended memory 2-socket quad core blade. The PlateSpin PowerConvert's Operating System OS portability technology is used for the migration. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2003, Blade, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Migration, IBM Corp., PlateSpin PowerConvert, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Hardware, Software, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-02-13
- Use virtualization to reallocate storage assets
- I sometimes mention specific products in my writing about storage topics. But, believe it or not, none of the vendors pay a penny for my thoughts. I tend to write about things I know and I've tried. Over the past couple of years, I've made occasional use of a physical-to-virtual...
- Tags: Asset, Virtualization, Storage, Server, Scott Lowe
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Replicating your infrastructure in a lab
- A TechRepublic reader wrote in with the following scenario: "My company is currently running Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003. We want to do a test run of Windows Server 2008/Exchange Server 2007 running together in a test environment. I have few concerns, I do not...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Environment, PowerConvert, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Scott Lowe
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- What virtualization tools are available for testing?
- In my previous posting, I talked about various ways that you can replicate enough of your physical infrastructure in a lab in order to be able to perform realistic testing. Although testing can be performed without taking the step of replicating your real environment, the results will be much...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Workstation, Guest, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Inc., VMware Workstation, Tool, Virtual PC 2007, Virtualization, Linux, 64-Bit, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Components, Storage, Scott Lowe
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- 10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment
- Active Directory Services is the going standard for account provisioning, basic system management, and DNS authority in most environments. But having some accountability to determine what has changed over time can be a challenge. Here are some strategies for achieving accountability in your Active Directory environment. They'll help supplement your...
- Tags: Environment, Domain, Tool, CSVDE, Development Domain, DSGET, objectClass, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
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