Planning: You can automatically generate server consolidation and disaster recovery plans based on detailed workload analysis to ensure the optimal fit between server workloads and virtual resources. Use forecasted data to plan for and accommodate future growth.

Workload Analysis: The PlateSpin Recon Planning Module automatically analyzes five critical workload dimensions—processor, memory, disk space, disk I/O, and network I/O—simultaneously across thousands of servers, providing consolidation plans that maximize utilization while minimizing resource contention.

Scenario Modeling: You can use custom scenarios with user-defined target server specifications, including server templates or existing virtual machine servers to create an optimal consolidation plan.

Power and Cooling Analysis: You can compare and contrast potential power and cooling cost savings and ROI derived from different consolidation scenarios. Custom fields (maintained in a central database) let you input power and cooling requirements for major hardware platforms. This feature lets organizations analyze and cost-justify green computing initiatives.

Time-Based Analysis: You can stagger multiple workloads evenly across virtual hosts and account for hourly peaks and valleys inherent in server utilization trends.

Workload and Utilization Forecasting: You can predict future workloads and resource utilization based on historical trends to better plan for server consolidation and infrastructure growth, as well as enable more proactive systems management. Forecasting data on CPU, disk, memory, and usage trends is presented in easy-to-read charts, reports, and plans.