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Feature / VersionNovell PlateSpin Migrate per

Desktop Migration

Novell PlateSpin Migrate Per

Server Migration

Novell PlateSpin Migrate

Advanced per Server

Migration with Block Based

Transfer

Novell PlateSpin Migrate per

Server Workload

Novell PlateSpin Protect

Server Workload

Novell PlateSpin Protect

Enterprise Server Workload

Novell PlateSpin Migrate

Unix per Server Migration

Novell PlateSpin Migrate

Unix per Server Workload

Novell PlateSpin Migrate Unlimited

Provisioning for 5 Servers for 365 Days

Usage Used for image provisioning

Migration Migration Migration Workload Workload Workload Migration Workload 5 Servers

Workload Provisioning

Physical Server Source Migrate to Image

Virtual Server Source Migrate to Image

Image File Source Deploy Image to physical server or VM

Source OS Windows

Server Sync (manual incremental

replication)x x x x x x

File-based live transfer x x x x x x x

File-based offline transfer x x x x x x x x x

Block-based live transfer (PlateSpin)

(2)x x x

Server Sync (manual incremental

replication)x x

Secheduled incremental replication x x

File-based live transfer x x

Block-based live transfer (Steeleye) x

Block-based live transfer (PlateSpin) x

Desktops (Windows XP & Windows

Vista)x

Stateless (middle-tier applications,

presentation servers, web front-

ends)

x x x x x

Low transactional (DHCP,

infrastructure)x x x x x

High transactional Using Block-

based Transfer (mail servers,

databases)

x x x

Ideal for

Migrate to virtual Container

Migrate to virtual Container

n/a

Solaris 10 SPARC

Migration Features

Migrate to physical server, virtual machine, or image

Migrate to physical server, virtual machine, or image

Windows & Linux (3)

Protect to Image or VM

Protect to Image or VM

Deploy Image to physical server or VM

Windows only for Protection (4)

Replication Features

(2) PlateSpin Block Based transfer is a PlateSpin developed Block Technoloy that is capable of performing block level migrations / replication of Windows 2003 SP1 and up.

(3) Linux support is only for File-based offline transfer

(4) PlateSpin Protect only supports Windows Protection. PlateSpin Protect is capable of performing Linux offline migrations but no protection

Used for long-term data center initiatives such as server provisioning, ongoing workload management and

optimization.Used for server consolidation for Solaris workloads.

Workload protection and consolidated recovery for

physical and virtual workloads

Main Product Usage

Workload Migrations Worload Migration / Protection Workload Migrations

Licensed per

Migrate to physical server, virtual machine, or image