1.4 How Servers Work with PlateSpin Forge

The PlateSpin Forge Recovery Appliance installs in the data center, and uses configured replication schedules to protect up to 25 workloads by using file-based, VSS, or block-level replication. Virtual machines of each protected workload are created on the Forge appliance and are updated based on the customizable replication schedules. You can also use recovery points to avoid loss of data because of a corrupted workload.

Figure 1-2 PlateSpin Forge Server Interaction

If an outage or system failure occurs on a protected workload, preconfigured notifications are sent by e-mail and are accessible by a mobile device. Administrators can then perform a failover simply by clicking a link in the notification or in the Forge UI, and the associated virtual machine on the Forge appliance is powered on.