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Tech Specs

System Requirements

Flexible, Out-of-the-Box Workload Protection
PlateSpin Forge is available in a range of hardware configurations that allow enterprises to cost-effectively match their recovery investment with the size of their data center. Customers have the flexibility to choose a 10 or 25 workload protection model with built-in storage or optional external storage to leverage existing SAN environments.

Software

PlateSpin Forge consolidated recovery software
Embedded virtualization technology

Documentation

PlateSpin Forge Get Started Guide
Hardware documentation

Workload Operating Systems Support

Windows Server 2008
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
Windows Vista
Windows XP Professional (SP2)

Model Number 310 325 510 525
Workloads        
Number of workloads 10 25 10 25
Expandable workloads¹ yes  -  yes  - 
Storage        
Base     2.5 TB 2.5 TB
Expandable
(iSCSI or fiber channel)
yes yes yes yes
Hot swap disks yes yes yes yes
Memory        
Base RAM 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB
Explandable memory 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB
Processor        
CPUs 2 2 2 2
Total Cores 8 8 8 8
Networking        
Replication bandwidth 6 Gbits/s 6 Gbits/s 6 Gbits/s 6 Gbits/s
Number of gigE ports 6 6 6 6
Physical        
Rack Units 1U 1U 2U 2U

¹ For the 10-workload appliance only, customers are able to purchase 5-workload add-on packages up to a maximum of 25 workloads.

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