Novell PlateSpin Forge® is a Disaster Recovery Hardware Appliance that provides a smarter, faster and more affordable way to replicate and protect server workloads. In the event of downtime, workloads can be rapidly powered on in the PlateSpin Forge recovery environment and continue to run as normal until the production environment is restored.

Protect more Servers for Less

Multiple physical and virtual server workloads can be consolidated onto a single recovery hardware appliance, allowing you to protect a greater percentage of your workloads while avoiding costly duplicate hardware and software investments.

Rapid Failover and Flexible Failback

PlateSpin Forge includes everything you need for disaster recovery right out of the box and it can be configured and running in just a few hours. In the event of disaster, the administrator can rapidly recover workloads with a single mouse click. PlateSpin Forge also provides flexible restore options, workload failback can be rapidly executed to almost any physical or virtual host regardless of manufacturer or model.

Easy Test Failover

PlateSpin Forge provides an easy, fast and safe testing mechanism. With a single click, you can take a virtual snapshot of the recovery workload, power it on within a private internal network and quickly validate the recovery plan to ensure the recovery metrics, including PTO and RPO are met.

“Plug In and Protect” Workloads

PlateSpin Forge provides complete protection for up to 25 physical or virtual workloads straight out of the box. All necessary hardware, storage, consolidated recovery software and virtualization technologies are prepackaged and preconfigured, reducing implementation time and effort.