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PlateSpin's PowerRecon is a planning and monitoring application for organizations with a high number of servers and virtual host targets. On the surface, PowerRecon looks similar to traditional network monitoring/management applications that track application inventory, connectivity and network usage.
We like it, however, for what's underneath, which is a very useful server monitoring, planning and management tool (especially for VM hosts and instances) that can be coupled with PlateSpin's PowerConvert tool, which does a formidable job of moving server instances from physical to virtual and all the variations the virtual data center affords us today.
PowerRecon also has chargeback features that monitor and levy costs based on actual system uptime, CPU utilization, processor speed, memory used, network bandwidth used, and disk storage (space, speed and number of writes per second). By contrast, Virtugo's virtualSuite uses a patented, contrived metric for chargeback accounting purposes.
We were also impressed with PowerRecon's ability to work with a huge number of VM operating system candidates, including Windows NT 4 and XP through current Windows Server products (support for XP and Win 2003 Enterprise Server were tested and affirmed), most modern versions of Red Hat and SUSE Linux (Red Hat Enterprise 5 was tested) and Sun's Solaris 7 (Sparc) and Solaris versions 8-10 (Sparc and Intel/AMD). VM hosts can be running VMware ESX (tested), Citrix Systems' XenServer Enterprise Edition, Virtual Iron and/or Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005.
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D-Link Australia & New Zealand
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and video communication.
To Find out more about D-Link solutions visit www.dlink.com.au
D-Link Australia & New Zealand
Featured Products
- GREEN ETHERNET WEBSMART
DGS-1200 Series Managed Switch
D-Link has integrated its Eco-friendly Green Ethernet technology into the WebSmart switch family. WebSmart switches also known as the DGS-1200 series are ideal for the small organisations that wants high speed Gigabit connectivity and don't need many major management features. - DIGITAL HOME
DSM-330 HD Media Player
Leverage your PC power and enjoy fast, smooth, stutter-free video, music and photo playback in a rich, remote-controlled TV interface. The new generation D-Link DivX Connected™ HD media play is now available. - NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE
DNS-343, 4-Bay NAS Box
The highly anticipated 4-bay NAS box has just arrived. Following the great success of its brother 2-bay NAS box the DNS-323. This unit is versatile and can be used in the home to share multi-media with the family or even in the office to store and share files.
New Products
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BUSINESS GRADE FIBRE SWITCH
DGS-3100-24TG Managed L2 Gigabit Stackable SFP Switch
Providing 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 16 SFP ports and 2 HDMI ports for high speed switch stacking. This is the ideal device for WAN aggregation and use in commercial environments requiring fibre links. - POWER OVER ETHERNET SWITCH
DES-1008P, 8-Port PoE Switch
D-Links entry level PoE switch. Featuring 4 PoE Ports users can easily connect and supply power up to 15.4 Watts, a total PoE budget of 56 Watts. Ideal to be used with a variety of PoE clients such as D-Links IP Camera's or wireless access points. - SOHO VPN ROUTER
DIR-130, 8-Port Broadband VPN Router
DIR-130 is an easy-to-deploy routing 10/100 switching, VPN, and firewall designed specifically for the small office home office.
Download
- Product Selection Guide Issue 3, 08 (3.2MB PDF)
- D-Lifestyle Magazine Issue 11 (3.7MB PDF)
- D-Link Power Up Your Business Poster (1.7MB PDF)
Case Studies
- Commercial Grade Wireless - Four Points Sheraton Hotel Case Study (300K PDF)
- Business Class Switching - Microsoft Campus Case Study (800K PDF)
- High Bandwidth Networking Solution - Team Emirates New Zealand Case Study (751K PDF)
Whitepapers
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