The PlateSpin Value Proposition
- Reduce the time and effort needed to provision a server
- Create flexible images that can be quickly reproduced on any server
- Eliminate the need for time-consuming, error-prone manual provisioning
- Reduce the risk of incorrect server configurations and lost productivity
- Dynamically provision both physical and virtual servers
- Reallocate data center staff to focus on more value-added tasks
When new servers arrive in the data center, the IT operations team typically employs a combination of imaging, scripting and manual processes to provision the new hardware.
Traditional image-based provisioning solutions tend to be hardware-dependent, meaning the target system configuration must be identical to the source machine. Highly-scripted provisioning solutions are more flexible, but they still may not work consistently across multi-platform environments, and often require considerable upfront manual effort to configure.
PlateSpin PowerConvert provides the best of both worlds by combining the flexibility of scripting with the speed and efficiency of imaging. PowerConvert can capture an entire library of hardware-independent server snapshots using PlateSpin Flexible Images and deploy them on new servers quickly and easily over the network. PowerConvert eliminates the need to manually install software and configure hardware and drivers.
PlateSpin PowerConvert saves organizations time and effort in provisioning new servers by allowing users to simply drag and drop PlateSpin Flexible Images onto new server hardware. PowerConvert also adds flexibility to the data center by enabling servers to be dynamically provisioned on demand to continuously optimize available server resources across physical and virtual environments.