Virtual Machine and Server Consolidation Software Solutions
PlateSpin is a Novell Company

PlateSpin data center automation solutions optimize the use of server resources across the enterprise. Our virtualization solutions include physical-to-virtual (P2V) server consolidation, disaster recovery, server optimization and test lab automation.

 
Automate Server Consolidations to Blades

The PlateSpin Value Proposition
  • Rapidly realize the benefits of blade infrastructures
  • Quickly identify under-utilized servers for consolidation onto blades
  • Match workload demands with blade server resource capacity
  • Automatically stream physical or virtual servers to any blade server
  • Move data and applications between blades regardless of make
  • Consolidate any machine to Microsoft or VMware blade platforms
  • Automatically generate a consolidation plan with scenario modeling



Consolidating your servers to blades frees floor space and streamlines data center operations. PlateSpin’s PowerRecon and PowerConvert provide the only completely integrated solution for automating capacity planning and blade server consolidation projects from start to finish.

PowerRecon helps determine the best fit between workload demand and resource supply on existing servers, allowing organizations to quickly identify servers that are ideal candidates for consolidation to blades. The PowerRecon Consolidation Planning Module provides the most advanced scenario modeling and planning capabilities available for blade server consolidation projects.

PowerConvert automatically streams and right-sizes servers onto bare-metal or virtualized blade servers. PowerConvert provides the flexibility to move or clone server workloads on-the-fly between blades, dedicated rack mounts or virtual environments as processing demands evolve.

With unmatched power and flexibility, it’s easy to see why enterprise data centers worldwide rely on PlateSpin to consolidate and optimize their rack-mounted or blade server hardware under Windows and Linux or in virtual environments.

 
A NOVELL COMPANY
PlateSpin and Novell are helping organizations worldwide build more flexible, interoperable and cost-effective data center environments. The combination of PlateSpin and Novell products offers customers a powerful data center management platform with solutions for Linux, UNIX and Windows across physical and virtual environments. The global reach of the combined companies allows us to offer enterprises a full range of integrated solutions to make their IT work as one.