Racemi, Inc. announced today the release of DynaCenter 2.2., the company’s flagship systems management software solution that ensures organizations optimize data center operations. Combined with currently available server, networking and storage technology, DynaCenter allows resources in the data center to be allocated on an as-needed basis, and can be controlled from central or multiple locations. 

Notable enhancements to previous versions of DynaCenter include:

• Added support for Windows image mobility, allowing DynaCenter to freely move a Windows server image from one server to another physical or virtual server, even one with a different hardware configuration. DynaCenter's Windows mobility now matches its powerful capabilities for Linux, HP-UX, AIX and Solaris.
• Improved storage management, allowing DynaCenter to build and manage a server image whether on a server's local disk or centralized storage on NAS or SAN.  Full support for complex logical volume layouts is included.
• Improved scalability and fault tolerance through support for redundant management workstations.
• Improved management of virtual machine environments such as VMware, LPARs, etc.
   

Solution-specific enhancements to automate the relocation of a server, application or data center, including full support for a staged approach consisting of automated image capture, deployment into a staging environment for testing and verification on inexpensive hardware, and final deployment into production on the real hardware.

“This release underscores Racemi’s continued commitment to remaining hardware and operating system-agnostic,” said Charles T. Watt, chief technology officer. “With improved support for Windows and storage management enhancements, the robustness of the DynaCenter solution continues to attract major enterprises seeking to optimize their data centers, particularly those seeking to utilize idle disaster recovery assets and to automate data center relocations.”

For a number of reasons since 9/11, enterprises have increased spending on disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster. As a result, more than $50 billion of disaster recovery assets now mostly sit idle, waiting for something to fail. 

Noted CTO Watt, “Racemi’s DynaCenter allows enterprises to reuse these idle assets for any number of other applications without jeopardizing an enterprise’s disaster recovery plan. With certainty that an enterprise will be ready if disaster hits, DynaCenter allows an enterprise to optimize its data center assets.”

When data center relocations are required, DynaCenter automates the migration of a server image (operating system, applications, network and storage configuration and local application data) from one physical server to another physical or virtual server. DynaCenter can freely move images between stand-alone servers, blade servers, and virtual machines. It can archive an image to central storage on NAS or SAN and deploy it later, or deploy multiple copies of a single image, each with a unique configuration (IP addresses, host names, DB connections, etc.). DynaCenter works with all major open systems server platforms, operating systems and virtual machine technologies, and can migrate single servers or large complex applications.

Informative white papers on utilizing disaster recovery assets and data center relocations are available at Racemi’s web site: www.racemi.com

Racemi provides certainty to enterprises seeking to optimize data center operations by maximizing the utilization, reliability, agility and cost-effectiveness of their IT assets. DynaCenter®, the company’s flagship systems management software solution, is ideal for alternative use of idle disaster recovery assets, data center relocations, lab and test environments, managed hosting and utility computing.

For more information, visit www.racemi.com