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Mar 17 2009   2:20AM GMT

Consolidating Large Data Centers with PlateSpin Recon



Posted by: Raj Perumal
PlateSpin Recon, Novell, consolidation, workload profiling, workload analysis, statistical analysis, virtualization planning

Hi folks, sometimes virtualizing your servers can be a daunting task. Especially if you have tons of servers you need to wade through to get the job done. How can you make this task easier? PlateSpin Recon of course!

PlateSpin Recon is owned by Novell, and they have a great product on their hands. With PlateSpin Recon you can analyze all the servers in your environment and track them over an extended period of time. Then after you have collected the data you can go through planning stages with the program to determine what type of hardware and how much hardware you will need to virtualize to.

A product like this can save you tons of money. Novell offers a free trial of the software on their web site. I recently had a chance to use it and have to say that I love the product. It provides valuable statistical analysis data during huge consolidation projects and really takes the guesswork out of all of it.

This will allow you to make sound decisions on factual data when placing your virtual machines. You can find out more about this great product here.

-RP

Dec 20 2008   2:08AM GMT

Novell cancels BrainShare!



Posted by: Raj Perumal
Novell, BrainShare, conference, cancels

Hi folks, this just in from the conference world - Novell has cancelled BrainShare! This is a huge deal!

For those of you that don’t know, BrainShare is the most important conference for Novell over the past 20 years. For them to cancel this sends a message to the public clearer than any words that might be spoken. Novell is in trouble.

They are talking about switching to online learning etc. but nobody believes for a second that Novell is willingly doing this because BrainShare was always the best way to showcase everything that is Novell.

I for one think that Novell should seriously re-think this and bring BrainShare back!

-RP