The document presents the benefits of using PlateSpin Migrate for server migration, highlighting its ability to automate the process, reduce time and costs, and increase efficiency compared to traditional methods. It includes case studies demonstrating significant ROI, such as a project that saved Essent €2 million from a consolidation effort. Additionally, it outlines the challenges of manual migration and advocates for a streamlined, automated approach using PlateSpin technology.

1. PlateSpin® Migrate50 Migrations in less than 24 hoursJason Dea – Product Marketing Manager, Novell

2. Session OverviewBarriers to Platform AdoptionPlateSpin MigrateAccelerate ROIPlateSpin in Action - Essent®

3. Who cares?

4. Server Migration in the Real World“The PlateSpin solution from Novell saved Essent about €2 million for the data centre consolidation project alone”Marco Spoel, Project Manager, IT Infrastructure, Essent"Using PlateSpin we were able to complete 61 migrations within the targeted migration windows, saving an average of 4 hours migration time per server.“JorisHaverkort, Product Manager at Atos Origin Netherlands"The ability to perform the migrations remotely and over the WAN with no need to be physically in contact with the source and target servers saved us weeks if not months of work.“Neil Brindley, Senior Windows Systems Engineer, Midrange Services, AXA Tech Asia Pacific

5. Barriers to Platform Adoption:

6. Manual Rip and ReplaceHow do I get this stuff Up and Running?

7. Tools: Bare Metal Restore?Multiple Steps

8. Image Capture -> Image Deploy -> System Configuration -> Pray…

9. Error Prone

10. NOT Cross Platform

11. Downtime throughout the process

12. Labor IntensiveTools: Pre-Staging + ReplicationMultiple Steps

13. Configure Identical OS Target -> Data Replication – System State Copy -> Pray -> Cutover

14. Software licensing complexity and cost

15. Replication complexity and cost

16. Labor IntensiveTools: “Free” Migration toolExtra Manual steps

17. SysPrep

18. Lack of Network Optimization

19. Single Platform Support

20. Minimal Error LoggingFinally a Better Way PlateSpin Migrate

21. PlateSpin®MigrateWith PlateSpin Migrate, you can automatically migrate server workloads over the network.PhysicalServersBladeServersVirtualHostsImageArchivesWorkload Decoupledfrom HardwareDecouple workloadfrom hostinfrastructureLive peer-to-peer workload migrationMigration testingSync-up prior to cut-over

22. PlateSpin Migrate – Accelerate ROI

23. Automated Peer to Peer with PlateSpin Migrateetc...Direct Peer to Peer

24. Hypervisor agnostic, migrate to ESX, Hyper-V, Xen

25. Hardware agnostic, migrate to bare metal

26. Multi-OS support

27. Migrate over LAN or WAN

28. Fully Automated SolutionAccelerating Adoption with PlateSpin MigrateServer Migration project are time consuming. Challenges Manual rebuild process5-7 hrs per server (depending on application)Which workloads/applications go where?Single core onto Multi-core? CPU bottle necks, I/O contention, Memory?Solution ‏100% automated Live migrations45 min. to 1 ½ hr migration timePeer to Peer across the networkUp to 20 migrations per Migrate server

29. Migration Project Cost vs Novell ROI 200 Server RefreshMigration time: 7 hours per server avg.200 x 7 = 1400 hours 175 days8 man months!x $80hr = $112,000200 Server Refresh w/NovellMigration Time: 3 hours per server avg.200 x 3 = 600 hours3 Concurrent migrations = 200 hours 25 days1 month!x $80hr = $16,000License Cost approx. = $40,000 Total Project Cost = $40k + $16k ROI/Delta = $56,000

30. Customer Success Case StudyEssent

31. Case StudyThe CustomerThe leader in the Dutch energy market Turnover of EUR 6.4 billion in 2006Annual IT budget of EUR 130 million12,000 employees and 800+ IT staff700 servers and growing 100 per yearA mix of virtual and physical movesMoving from HP to IBM hardware

32. Case StudyThe ChallengeMandate to shrink 3 datacenters into oneWanted to standardize IT infrastructureFocus on minimizing risk

33. Case StudyThe SolutionLooked at VMware Converter initially – no P2P, V2PPlateSpin Recon to monitor the existing estate for new hardware planning and consolidationPlateSpin Migrate for 260 migrations (P2P and P2V) across sitesNew Site

34. Case Study“If we hadn’t gone with PlateSpin, it would have taken a team of 25 half a year to build all the applications in the new data center, an estimated cost of over EUR 3 million. With PlateSpin, we were able to migrate all of our servers in one month with a team of less than eight people. The PlateSpin solution brings a high return of investment. In retrospect, after seeing the time and cost savings, we would have been willing to pay a lot more for the PlateSpin solution.” Marco Spoel, Project Manager, IT Infrastructure, Essent

35. Helpful Hints and Best Practices